How common is the surname Kwok?

5,458 people in the United States had the surname Kwok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,568 Americans. It ranked 6,257th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kwok getting more or less common?

More common. 4,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,458 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Kwok

A Chinese surname, carried by 5,458 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kwɔk/ 1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kwok is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Cantonese 郭 (gwok³). Doublet of Guo and Kuo.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,458 people named Kwok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,568 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,652.

#6,257

rank among US surnames

5,458

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+17.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,698)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,252	Schauer	5,463	56,516
#6,253	Saad	5,461	56,536
#6,256	Headrick	5,459	56,557
#6,257	Kwok	5,458	56,568
#6,258	Kite	5,457	56,578

Who is named Kwok

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

96% of people named Kwok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Kwok

Kwok has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kwok come from?: From Cantonese 郭 (gwok³). Doublet of Guo and Kuo.
How common is the surname Kwok?: 5,458 people in the United States had the surname Kwok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,568 Americans. It ranked 6,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kwok?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kwok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Kwok?: Kwok is /kwɔk/, one syllable.
Is the surname Kwok getting more or less common?: More common. 4,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,458 in 2010, up 17%.