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The zook Surname

zook Name Meaning and History

  1. Respelling of Swiss German Zug, a habitational name from the city and canton so named in Switzerland. This is a frequent surname among Amish and Mennonites in the U.S.
  2. Respelling of Ashkenazic Jewish Zhuk, an ornamental from eastern Slavic zhuk ‘beetle’, or a habitational name for someone from a place in Belarus or Lithuania called Zhuki, from the same word.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of zook Families in the US in 1920
Number of zook families
 127-252
 43-126
 1-42
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