# Mok (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mok/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,707 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,597 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 114,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (2,134 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Korean surname, from 목 (mok) * As a transliteration of several Chinese surnames, from 莫, source of above. See Mok. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Mock. * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Mók, probably a pet form of Mózes.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mok 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) | 5.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mok in the United States.

## People named Mok

- Joel Mokyr, American-Israeli economic historian

## Similar surnames

Mock, Moak, Mook, Mosko, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey, Meza, McKee.

## 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.