Chok Surname
Approximately 17,081 people bear this surname
Chok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 5,813 | 1:1,964 | 387 |
| Malaysia | 5,781 | 1:5,102 | 702 |
| Cambodia | 3,798 | 1:4,078 | 646 |
| Singapore | 231 | 1:23,843 | 932 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Taiwan | 158 | 1:148,384 | 1,334 |
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Ukraine | 123 | 1:370,103 | 45,485 |
| Thailand | 122 | 1:579,003 | 98,779 |
| Canada | 122 | 1:302,013 | 27,942 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Russia | 65 | 1:2,217,278 | 133,552 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Jamaica | 29 | 1:98,964 | 4,125 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Bulgaria | 25 | 1:279,156 | 14,366 |
| Belize | 23 | 1:15,455 | 1,591 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Armenia | 15 | 1:195,345 | 5,399 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Chok (10,030) may also be a first name.
Chok Demographics
Average Chok Salary in
United States
$50,377 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chok (Hindi: चोक, Marathi: चोक, Russian: Чок, Tibetan: ཆོགས་) is held by more people in South Sudan than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chok? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,260th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 426,646 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Chok are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 34 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 61,111th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 10,030 people.
The surname Chok is most prevalent in South Sudan, where it is held by 5,813 people, or 1 in 1,964. Beside South Sudan this last name exists in 72 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 34 percent are found and Cambodia, where 22 percent are found.
Chok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chok has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Chok surname grew 4,633 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chok Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chok last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chok surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.29% registered with the political party.
The amount Chok earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 40.55% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,524 per year; in South Africa they earn 1507.72% more than the national average, earning R 3,820,560 per year; in United States they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $50,377 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.49% more than the national average, earning $69,303 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chok in the Hindi language | ||
| चोक | coka | - |
| Chok in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོགས་ | chok | 66.67 |
| ཆོག། | chok | 16.67 |
| ཆོག་ | chok | 16.67 |
| Chok in the Marathi language | ||
| चोक | coka | 52.38 |
| चॉक | coka | 47.62 |
| Chok in the Russian language | ||
| Чок | cok | - |
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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
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- 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 Chok
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