# Bok (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bok/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German, Dutch, or Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 738 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,383 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 418,354 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (599 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Bock and Dutch bok (“buck, he-goat”) and from Swedish bok (“beech”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bok in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 21% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bok in the United States.

## People named Bok

- Derek Bok, American lawyer and college administrator

## Similar surnames

Bock, Book, Boyko, Box, Bos, Books, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.