Zook Family History
Zook Name Meaning
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.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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Zook
Name Distribution of Zook Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Zook families
 127 - 252  43 - 126 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Zook families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Zook last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Zook census records
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Zook Family Origin
Zook Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Zook
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Zook Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Zook census records
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Zook Civil War Service Records
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