# Shek (surname)

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

A surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 622 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,048 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 496,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.4% (631 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 石 (sek⁶), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shek 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) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 81% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Shook, Shuck, Shock, Shick, Shake, Shack, Shaik, Sheikh, Scheck, Seck, Seek, Siek.

## 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.