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    The surname Fok

    A Dutch surname, carried by 726 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F200

    Fok: #31,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fok #31,790, 726 people Fok: #31,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fok #31,790, 726 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fok is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Focke, itself from Volk. * As a Cantonese surname, from Cantonese 霍 (fok3).

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 726 people named Fok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 572.

    #31,790
    rank among US surnames
    726
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.9%
    change since 2000 (was #36,807)

    Who is named Fok

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

    93% of people named Fok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fok

    Fok has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fok come from?
    * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Focke, itself from Volk. * As a Cantonese surname, from Cantonese 霍 (fok3).
    How common is the surname Fok?
    726 people in the United States had the surname Fok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. It ranked 31,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fok?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fok getting more or less common?
    More common. 572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 726 in 2010, up 27%.