Gauk Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 10
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gauk Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gauk family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 2
Gardener 1
Independent 1
Mason 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Moulder 1
Wool Comber 1
Worsted 1
Worsted Spinner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gauk

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gauk 23
John Gauk 18
William Gauk 15
James Gauk 14
Thomas Gauk 12
George Gauk 9
Sarah Gauk 8
Alice Gauk 7
Arthur Gauk 6
Edward Gauk 5
Elizabeth Gauk 5
Joseph Gauk 5
Robert Gauk 5
Ann Gauk 4
Eliza Gauk 4
Ellen Gauk 4
Margaret Gauk 4
Hannah Gauk 3
Jane Gauk 3
Emily Gauk 2
Ernest Gauk 2
Florence Gauk 2
Frederick Gauk 2
Gertrude Gauk 2
Harriet Gauk 2

Gauk Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Geake 40% 1,271
2 Gook 50% 469
3 Gauk 100% 235
4 Geak 50% 112
5 Geekie 33% 101

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The surname Gauk is the 3rd most popular variant of Geake.

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