View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Jok Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Jok (Arabic: جوك, Hindi: जोक, Marathi: जोक, Tibetan: ཇོག་) occurs most in South Sudan. It can also be rendered as a variant: Jók. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jok? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Jok is the 5,132^nd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 66,070 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Jok live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Jok is also the 30,170^th most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 27,045 people.

The surname Jok is most frequent in South Sudan, where it is held by 88,776 people, or 1 in 129. Besides South Sudan this last name is found in 61 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Jok Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Jok last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Jok earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.48% less than the national average, earning $36,902 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.48% more than the national average, earning $51,907 CAD per year.