Shuk
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Shuk is a given name, most frequently recorded in Hong Kong, where it is the 48th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: An Israeli street market.
- HKHong Kong1 in 1K◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 50K
- TWTaiwan1 in 67K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈555 ●
- Sources
- 91 ●
- 1 in 102K ◐
across 7 countries
13K records
Official registry-verified
Albania
Meaning & origin●
An Israeli street market.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK Hong Kong | #48 | 3,707 | 1.7K rec. | — | — | Shuk | 65 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 1,461 | 7 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 27 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 1,297 | 1.4K rec. | — | — | Shuk | 30 |
| AU Australia | — | 1,046 | 983 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 54 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 689 | 518 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 37 |
| US United States | — | 470 | 7.6K rec. | 1 in 708K | 470 | Shuk | 91 |
| CA Canada | — | 287 | 282 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 30 |
| CN China | — | 186 | 100 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 36 |
| IN India | — | 101 | 82 rec. | — | 108 | Shuk | 13 |
| DE Germany | — | 78 | 144 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 24 |
| SG Singapore | — | 48 | 41 rec. | — | — | Shuk | 16 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 33 | 146 rec. | 1 in 524K | 33 | Shuk | 10 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi8.4K24%
- English8.4K24%
- Chinese7.7K22%
- Marathi3.6K10%
- 2.5K7%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 8,388 | 24% |
| English | 8,363 | 24% |
| Chinese | 7,703 | 22% |
| Marathi | 3,571 | 10% |
| 2,550 | 7% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Shuk is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Albanian, to press, beat, push, shake
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In acn, to drink
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kac, messy
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1920 | 3 |
| 1921 | 2 |
| 1922 | 4 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1926 | 2 |
| 1927 | 5 |
| 1928 | 7 |
| 1929 | 5 |
| 1930 | 2 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1932 | 7 |
| 1933 | 13 |
| 1934 | 7 |
| 1935 | 9 |
| 1936 | 12 |
| 1937 | 9 |
| 1938 | 13 |
| 1939 | 14 |
| 1940 | 14 |
| 1941 | 14 |
| 1942 | 17 |
| 1943 | 14 |
| 1944 | 21 |
| 1945 | 25 |
| 1946 | 22 |
| 1947 | 24 |
| 1948 | 28 |
| 1949 | 20 |
| 1950 | 39 |
| 1951 | 33 |
| 1952 | 35 |
| 1953 | 28 |
| 1954 | 27 |
| 1955 | 39 |
| 1956 | 34 |
| 1957 | 36 |
| 1958 | 52 |
| 1959 | 31 |
| 1960 | 44 |
| 1961 | 39 |
| 1962 | 41 |
| 1963 | 58 |
| 1964 | 52 |
| 1965 | 61 |
| 1966 | 50 |
| 1967 | 51 |
| 1968 | 62 |
| 1969 | 48 |
| 1970 | 79 |
| 1971 | 63 |
| 1972 | 66 |
| 1973 | 64 |
| 1974 | 62 |
| 1975 | 63 |
| 1976 | 60 |
| 1977 | 66 |
| 1978 | 65 |
| 1979 | 74 |
| 1980 | 75 |
| 1981 | 62 |
| 1982 | 69 |
| 1983 | 42 |
| 1984 | 44 |
| 1985 | 46 |
| 1986 | 43 |
| 1987 | 45 |
| 1988 | 40 |
| 1989 | 36 |
| 1990 | 51 |
| 1991 | 39 |
| 1992 | 27 |
| 1993 | 45 |
| 1994 | 37 |
| 1995 | 33 |
| 1996 | 18 |
| 1997 | 22 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 88 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Yuan Shub. 155CNnot in their usual nameChinese general and warlord (died 199)
- Xin Shub. 500not in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 146818
- Qian Shunot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 295179
- He Shunot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 300809
- Feng Shunot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 248827
- Zhang Shunot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 222908
- Xu Shunot in their usual nameSong dynasty person (CBDB = 11982)
- Jiang Shunot in their usual nameSong dynasty person (CBDB = 16076)
- Sun Shunot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 33952
- Li Shunot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 208759
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●
Attested in 20 sources across 14 countries.
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 2026-09-12 data build · 195 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Shuk?
- We estimate roughly 555 people bear Shuk (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Shuk have the most bearers?
- Shuk is most frequently recorded in Hong Kong, where it is most often spelled shuk.
- How common is Shuk compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Shuk is the 48th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.
- Is Shuk a male or female name?
- Shuk is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Shuk mean?
- Recorded meaning: An Israeli street market.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shuk” — the 48th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.