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
Chok Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chok (Hindi: चोक, Marathi: चोक, Russian: Чок, Tibetan: ཆོགས་) is found most in South Sudan. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chok.
How Common Is The Last Name Chok? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 31,260th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 426,646 people. This last name is primarily 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. Chok is also the 61,111th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 10,030 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Sudan, where it is borne by 5,813 people, or 1 in 1,964. Barring South Sudan it is found 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chok last name grew 4,633 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chok Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chok surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.29% being registered to vote for the 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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- 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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