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    The surname Lok

    A surname, carried by 1,552 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lok: #17,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lok #17,992, 1,552 people Lok: #17,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lok #17,992, 1,552 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lok is more common than 88.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,552 people named Lok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,271.

    #17,992
    rank among US surnames
    1,552
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,629)

    Who is named Lok

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

    85% of people named Lok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    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 Lok

    Lok has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lok?
    1,552 people in the United States had the surname Lok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. It ranked 17,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lok?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lok getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,552 in 2010, up 22%.