The Ouk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,424 people carried this name — #19,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 37% from 1,041 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Ouk.
Most of them — 61 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Ouk live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ouk in American newspapers,
1860–1934.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 145,586 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ouk.
- Ottinger 3,112 · U.S. census
- Ottino 248 · U.S. census
- Ottmann 166 · U.S. census
- Otto 22,558 · U.S. census
- Ou 4,196 · U.S. census
- Oudin 126 · U.S. census
- Ours 1,585 · U.S. census
- Oury 249 · U.S. census
- Outhier 151 · U.S. census
- Ouzounian 235 · U.S. census
- Ovide 126 · U.S. census
- Owczarczak 149 · U.S. census
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