Juk
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Synonym of congee
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʒuk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Juk is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 13th most common given name.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 454as Yuk(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 12Kas Yuk
- AUAustralia≈1 in 49Kas Yuk
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 Juk 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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 454 (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 named Yuk, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est., as Yuk
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Yuk in US United States, HK Hong Kong, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
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)
Synonym of congee.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Juk 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Yuk | 57 |
| HK Hong Kong | #13 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 454 | — | Yuk | 105 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Yuk | 32 |
| US United States | — | 1,965as Yuk | 1 in 169K | 1.5K | Yuk | 180 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 85K | 15 | Yuk | 76 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 1 | Yuk | 73 |
| JM Jamaica | #981 | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Yuk | 1 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Juk 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.
ISO 639-3 language code for Wapan.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Lithuanian, emphatic particle: after all
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In got, romanization of 𐌾𐌿𐌺
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, saddlebag, kyack
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bsh, daughter
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)
- Yuk Jong-gwanb. 1893KR(1893-1965)
- Yuk In-sunb. 1914KR(1914-1972)
- Yuk In-soob. 1919KRSouth Korean politician (1919-2001)
- Yuk Young-soob. 1925KRFirst Lady of South Korea (1925-1974)
- Yook Mi-rab. 1962KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
- Yook Joong-wanb. 1980KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer
- Yook So-youngb. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
- Yook Sung-jaeb. 1995KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and actor
- Yuk Jun-seob. 1996KRSouth Korean actor
- Yuk Jidamb. 1997KRSouth Korean singer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Juk mean, and where does it come from?
- Synonym of congee. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Juk?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒuk/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Juk have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Yuk in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Juk?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,965 people named Yuk in 2020, about 1 in 169 thousand residents.
- How common is Juk compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Juk is the 13th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Juk?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jukThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Juk” — the 13th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.