Conk

surname · Latin script

Meaning: The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɑŋk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Conk is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 842K(measured from records)
  • TCTurks & Caicos Islands≈1 in 14K
  • CZCzechia1 in 233K

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)

395 people, 2010

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Turks & Caicos Islands, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Conk 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 Conk is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3951 in 842K396Conk151
NG Nigeria—≈140 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Conk1
DZ Algeria—≈99 est.≈1 in 433K—Conk1
CZ Czechia—461 in 233K47——
TR Türkiye—≈42 est.≈1 in 2M—Conk3
HN Honduras—≈33 est.≈1 in 278K—Conk2
TC Turks & Caicos Islands#546≈4 est.≈1 in 14K—Conk1

395 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end). 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)

Conk is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Coňk

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Cönk, Çonk

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Coňk, Cönk

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Cönk, Coňk

24 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Cemil Conkb. 1873TRTurkish military officer and statesperson (1873–1963)
  • Mehmet Hulusi Conkb. 1881TRTurkish military officer and statesperson (1881–1950)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Conk,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Conk
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000396#49,767
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010395#52,482
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020382#57,536
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—47#10,937
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—46#31,002
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

Where does the name Conk come from?
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Conk?
A machine transcription gives /kɑŋk/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Conk mean?
Recorded meaning: The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e.
What are other forms of the name Conk?
In the etymology graph, Konk is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Conk have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 395 people named Conk, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled conk.
How common is the name Conk?
In the United States, the national register counted 395 people named Conk in 2010, about 1 in 842 thousand residents.
How common is Conk compared with other names?
In Turks & Caicos Islands, Conk is the 546th most common surname of 3,662 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Conk” — the 546th most common surname in Turks & Caicos Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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