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    The surname Bok

    A German surname, carried by 738 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Bok: #31,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bok #31,383, 738 people Bok: #31,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bok #31,383, 738 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bok is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 738 people named Bok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 418,354 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 599.

    #31,383
    rank among US surnames
    738
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.2%
    change since 2000 (was #35,522)

    Who is named Bok

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Bok identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derek Bok
      American lawyer and college administrator, born 1930

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bok

    Bok has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bok come from?
    From German Bock and Dutch bok (“buck, he-goat”) and from Swedish bok (“beech”).
    How common is the surname Bok?
    738 people in the United States had the surname Bok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 418,354 Americans. It ranked 31,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bok?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bok identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Bok?
    Derek Bok, American lawyer and college administrator.
    Where is the surname Bok most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bok in the United States.
    Is the surname Bok getting more or less common?
    More common. 599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 738 in 2010, up 23%.