The Mauk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,733 people carried this name — #8,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,422 in 2000.

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In print

Mauk in American newspapers,
1898–1924.

Newspaper page from Daily New Dominion carrying the name Mauk
Daily New Dominion 1898-08-23
Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Mauk
Springfield Weekly Republican 1924-04-17
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Mauk
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1911-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,749 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mauk in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

185 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mauk. The most, 38, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 83
Queensland 41
Victoria 33
South Australia 14
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mauk.

Who carried it

People named Mauk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Mauk
    Paul Mauk 1900–1915 · schoolchild
  • Laura Josephine Mauk 1886–1962 · missionary
  • Marielies Mauk 1893– · translator
  • Adolf Mauk 1906–1983 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mauk,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States205 records

205 records of the Mauk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kyle R. Mauk

    Born 1915 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; apprentice electrician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Therese Mauk

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Saint Denis from Havre, aged 21; cultivator. From Wurtemberg, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry E. Mauk

    Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1826, died 1864; buried at Mauk Family Cemetery, Bluff City, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 205 records for Mauk in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany43 records

43 records of the Mauk name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 42
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list David Mauk

    From Alexandrowo, Rußland. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 7 January 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 141).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Karl Mauk

    Naturalised at Gronau/Württemberg in 1904.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Mauk

    From Berlin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 10 August 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 43 records for Mauk in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Mauk name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Mauk

    Born 1928 in Freyming-Merlebach; died 1974 in Freyming-Merlebach (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Veronique Mauk

    Born 1924 in Freyming-Merlebach; died 1977 in Saint-Avold (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Mauk name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Frida Karoline Mauk

    In the population register of De Bilt; born 1902 in Heilbron.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Vecht en Venen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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