How common is the surname Mok?

2,707 people in the United States had the surname Mok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,055 Americans. It ranked 11,597th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mok?

Joel Mokyr, American-Israeli economic historian.

Where is the surname Mok most common?

Wikidata records people named Mok in the United States.

Is the surname Mok getting more or less common?

More common. 2,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,707 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Mok

A surname, carried by 2,707 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mok is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,707 people named Mok in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,055 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,134.

#11,597

rank among US surnames

2,707

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+26.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,137)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,589	Tomko	2,710	113,928
#11,592	Knipp	2,709	113,970
#11,595	Bump	2,708	114,012
#11,597	Ranney	2,707	114,055
#11,603	Drane	2,706	114,097
#11,605	Taub	2,705	114,139

Who is named Mok

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

91% of people named Mok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

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

Famous Moks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel Mokyr
American-Israeli economic historian, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mok

Mok has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

Where does the surname Mok come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Mok?: 2,707 people in the United States had the surname Mok in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,055 Americans. It ranked 11,597th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mok?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mok identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mok?: Joel Mokyr, American-Israeli economic historian.
Where is the surname Mok most common?: Wikidata records people named Mok in the United States.
Is the surname Mok getting more or less common?: More common. 2,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,707 in 2010, up 27%.