Coucke is a Flemish surname. Variant spellings include Coeke, Coeck, Couck, and Koeck; it may also be seen in the genitive forms Coeckx and Koeken. The surname was first recorded in the 14th century; it is an occupational surname for a maker of cakes (i.e. a pastry chef). People with the surname Coeck Ludo Coeck (1955–1985), Belgian football player Inge Coeck (born 1965), Belgian sprint canoer Coecke Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550), Flemish painter Bob Coecke (born 1968), Belgian-born British physicist Couck Lize Marke (born Liliane Couck, 1936), Belgian singer Coucke Jan Coucke (c. 1812–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error Valerius Coucke (1888–1951), Belgian scholar and priest René Coucke (born 1938), Belgian painter and sculptor Marc Coucke (born 1965), Belgian businessman Maëva Coucke (born 1994), Miss France 2018 References