Book

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Book is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: (i) perhaps a different form of Buck; (ii) from the medieval German male personal name Bogo, literally ‘bow’ (the weapon).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 52K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 64K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 69K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

6,356 people, 2010

Sources
306 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

(i) perhaps a different form of Buck; (ii) from the medieval German male personal name Bogo, literally ‘bow’ (the weapon).

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Book counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Book is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States6,3561 in 52K6.4KBook306
DE Germany≈1,200 est.≈1 in 64K—Book75
GB United Kingdom≈950 est.≈1 in 69K—Book79
EG Egypt≈810 est.≈1 in 129K—Book15
SE Sweden7241 in 14K724Book33
FI Finland4951 in 11K495—9
NZ New Zealand≈270 est.≈1 in 19K—Book12
NO Norway2241 in 24K224—13
UY Uruguay1161 in 29K116——

6,356 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Book is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Bo-Ok, Böök, Böok

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Böök

  • Finnish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Böök

  • Swedish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway, Denmark

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Böök

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Böök

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Böök

  • Thai surname114 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Laos, India

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written บิ๊ก, บก, บุ๊ค, บูกุ๊, บูกุ

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Book is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, kolo = golo

    as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language

  • In Cebuano, a surname from Cebuano

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, imperative of booke

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Chinese, to book; to reserve

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Georg Boock, b. 1891Tony Book, b. 1934Ronald Book, b. 1937Peter-Jürgen Boock, b. 1951Steve Book, b. 1969Anna Book, b. 1970Ed Book, b. 1970Dan Book, b. 1983Lauren Book, b. 1984Ian Book, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Book
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020106.4K#5,471
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020005.9K#5,449
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020205.5K#5,996
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—724#1,348
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—224#7,039
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—116—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—38#28,654
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Book mean, and where does it come from?
(i) perhaps a different form of Buck; (ii) from the medieval German male personal name Bogo, literally ‘bow’ (the weapon). Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
What are other forms of the name Book?
In the etymology graph, Booker, Buch and Bouquin are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Book have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 6.4 thousand people named Book, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled book.
Where is Book most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Book is densest in Finland — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Book?
In the United States, the national register counted 6,356 people named Book in 2010, about 1 in 52 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Book”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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