Uk

loc · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 179K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 661K
  • NONorway1 in 182K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Uk itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

503 people, 2010

Sources
84 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 179K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Uek in AO Angola, IT Italy.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Korean

=영국(英國). [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]

Sources 1

  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Uk 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 Uk is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5031 in 661K2KUk84
GB United Kingdom≈370 est.≈1 in 179K—Uk77
AO Angola≈210 est.≈1 in 153K—Uek1
IT Italy≈55 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Uek3
FR France≈37 est.≈1 in 1.8M16Uk1
NO Norway301 in 182K30—1
SE Sweden≈26 est.≈1 in 397K5—1

503 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 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Uk is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea

    Also written 욱, 욱희, 욱규, 유케이, Ưk

  • Portuguese surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Türkiye

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Ük, Ûk, Űķ, Ừk, Ůķ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ük

  • Bangla name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh

    Also written Ük

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United Kingdom

    Also written Ük, Ừk, ̧uk, Ùk, Ưk

46 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)

1940195019601970Wook-kyung Choi, b. 1940Jung Uk, b. 1946Suh Wook, b. 1962
  • Wook-kyung Choib. 1940KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean artist (1940–1985)
  • Jung Ukb. 1946KRSouth Korean businessman
  • Suh Wookb. 1962KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean army general
  • Jin Wook YoonAUnot in their usual nameAustralian politician
  • Wook Youn Kimnot in their usual nameresearcher

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 20 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Uk
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202K#14,522
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010503#43,006
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000203#85,643
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—30#35,008
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199116—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—1#85,045
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name 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

In which country does Uk have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 503 people named Uk, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled uk.
How common is the name Uk?
In the United States, the national register counted 503 people named Uk in 2010, about 1 in 661 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, “Uk”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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