# Kok (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,622 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 190,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,408 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch surname, from kok (“cook”). Doublet of Cook and Koch. * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Guo

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kok 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 32% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Kock, Koc, Koke, Kook, Kwok, Koski, Kos, Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Kish.

## 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.