Kukk

Family name
Kukk
Origin
Language(s)Estonian
MeaningRooster
Region of originEstonia

Kukk is a common Estonian surname, translated as 'rooster, cock'.[1] It may refer to:

  • Aino Kukk (1930–2006), chess player
  • Alfred Kukk (1906–1981), sport shooter
  • Artur Kukk (1889–1958), speed skater, wrestler and boxer
  • August Kukk (1908–1988), wrestler
  • Erich Kukk (1928–2017), phycologist and conservationist
  • Ille Kukk (born 1957), track and field athlete
  • Jakob Kukk (1870–1933), clergyman
  • Juhan Kukk (1885–1942), politician and entrepreneur
  • Jüri Kukk (1940–1981), chemist and Soviet dissident
  • Kalev Kukk (born 1951), geographer and politician
  • Leonhard Kukk (1906–1944), weightlifter
  • Martin Kukk (born 1987), politician
  • Mihkel Kukk (born 1983), javelin thrower
  • Sigvard Kukk (born 1972), cyclist
  • Tõnu-Reid Kukk (1939–2011), politician
  • Toomas Kukk (born 1971), botanist
  • Ülle Kukk (born 1937), botanist

References

  1. ^ "Perekonnanime Kukk statistika". www.stat.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
Surname list
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Family names derived from the word "rooster"
Germanic
  • North Germanic: Hane, Tupp
  • West Germanic: De Haan, Haan, Hahn, Hahne, Hahnemann
Romance
  • Latin: Gallus
  • French: Le Coq
  • Iberian: Gallo, Galo
  • Italian: Gallo
  • Romanian: Cocoș
Slavic
Other
  • Baltic: Gailis, Gaidys
  • Basque: Oilarra
  • Estonian: Kukk
  • Finnish: Kukko
  • Hungarian: Kakas
  • Japanese: Ondori
  • Turkish: Horoz