Cheok Surname
Approximately 4,479 people bear this surname
Cheok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3,362 | 1:8,773 | 1,029 |
| Singapore | 514 | 1:10,715 | 548 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Brunei | 87 | 1:4,813 | 732 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 29,862 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Macau | 22 | 1:27,347 | 335 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Cheok (3,003) may also be a first name.
Cheok Demographics
Average Cheok Salary in
United States
$69,541 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cheok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheok occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheok? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheok is the 104,734th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,627,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Cheok live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Cheok is also the 132,074th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 3,003 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3,362 people, or 1 in 8,773. In Malaysia Cheok is most prevalent in: Negeri Sembilan, where 46 percent live, Selangor, where 22 percent live and Johor, where 11 percent live. Barring Malaysia this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 11 percent live and Hong Kong, where 3 percent live.
Cheok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cheok has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cheok surname increased 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cheok Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cheok surname are 37.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.48% registered with the political party.
The amount Cheok earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 61.16% more than the national average, earning $69,541 USD per year and in Canada they earn 60.75% more than the national average, earning $79,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheock | 91 | 32 | / |
| Chehok | 91 | 5 | / |
| Cheyok | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ch'eok | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cheouk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cheoke | 91 | 0 | / |
| Heok | 89 | 184 | / |
| Ceok | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chehock | 83 | 17 | / |
| Tchehok | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cheoukh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chiok | 80 | 7,666 | / |
| Kheok | 80 | 47 | / |
| Cheoc | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cehok | 80 | 6 | / |
| Heyok | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ceyok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hejok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cheog | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heiok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heock | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heeok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heouk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ceaok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heoke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cheyoukh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Cheioukh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chioke | 73 | 3,277 | / |
| Chiock | 73 | 93 | / |
| Chehak | 73 | 82 | / |
| Chayok | 73 | 40 | / |
| Chuyok | 73 | 23 | / |
| Cheoux | 73 | 20 | / |
| Cihock | 73 | 18 | / |
| Chuiok | 73 | 4 | / |
| Chhiok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Chijok | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chiokh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hejouk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Heotke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chiook | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heyouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheakh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chieak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chihok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chiouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chijoke | 67 | 1,893 | / |
| Hiok | 67 | 1,497 | / |
| Hyok | 67 | 121 | / |
| Chaiyok | 67 | 83 | / |
| Hjok | 67 | 55 | / |
| Chjioke | 67 | 41 | / |
| Zeok | 67 | 22 | / |
| Chaieak | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ceoc | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chijiok | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chuihok | 67 | 5 | / |
| Heog | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choojuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choiyuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chhoyuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heaoock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chyoukh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cjok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchioke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cyok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceog | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cheok
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