Kwok Surname
Approximately 152,344 people bear this surname
Kwok Surname User-submission:
A Chinese-Indonesian surname which is usually derived from the Mandarin Chinese surname, Guo, or its variants, like Kwok or Kuok or Kwek.
Kwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 113,063 | 1:65 | 13 |
| Singapore | 15,450 | 1:356 | 59 |
| United States | 7,793 | 1:46,511 | 5,660 |
| Canada | 4,505 | 1:8,179 | 1,208 |
| Macau | 3,218 | 1:187 | 49 |
| Australia | 1,499 | 1:18,009 | 2,520 |
| China | 1,251 | 1:1,092,983 | 301 |
| Malaysia | 1,245 | 1:23,690 | 2,149 |
| England | 1,102 | 1:50,561 | 6,266 |
| Thailand | 631 | 1:111,947 | 16,435 |
| Indonesia | 358 | 1:369,411 | 31,678 |
| South Korea | 293 | 1:174,881 | 185 |
| New Zealand | 274 | 1:16,527 | 2,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Netherlands | 156 | 1:108,251 | 17,376 |
| Philippines | 140 | 1:723,130 | 72,541 |
| Scotland | 132 | 1:40,559 | 3,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 119 | 1:76,994 | 7,015 |
| Brazil | 114 | 1:1,877,845 | 60,321 |
| Mauritius | 104 | 1:12,437 | 2,677 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Japan | 70 | 1:1,826,347 | 26,665 |
| Poland | 66 | 1:575,890 | 53,502 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Northern Ireland | 42 | 1:43,929 | 3,909 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Wales | 31 | 1:99,824 | 7,946 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Belize | 9 | 1:39,497 | 2,328 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kwok (18,364) may also be a first name.
Kwok Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A Chinese-Indonesian surname which is usually derived from the Mandarin Chinese surname, Guo, or its variants, like Kwok or Kuok or Kwek.
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Average Kwok Salary in
United States
$50,041 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwok occurs in Hong Kong more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kwok click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwok? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,686th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 47,836 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Kwok reside; 77 percent reside in East Asia and 77 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 40,232nd most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 18,364 people.
This last name is most common in Hong Kong, where it is carried by 113,063 people, or 1 in 65. Besides Hong Kong it exists in 75 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Kwok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kwok has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kwok last name rose 155,860 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kwok Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwok surname are 19.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Kwok earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 22.11% more than the national average, earning R 290,172 per year; in United States they earn 15.97% more than the national average, earning $50,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning $58,715 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwock | 89 | 741 | / |
| Kwoke | 89 | 39 | / |
| Nkwok | 89 | 7 | / |
| Kwook | 89 | 7 | / |
| Khwok | 89 | 6 | / |
| Kwoks | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kwokg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kwak | 75 | 217,905 | / |
| Kuok | 75 | 9,647 | / |
| Gwok | 75 | 62 | / |
| Qwok | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kwog | 75 | 4 | / |
| Cwok | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kwuk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kwoková | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kwokova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwochke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwake | 67 | 467 | / |
| Kwaak | 67 | 310 | / |
| Kwack | 67 | 193 | / |
| Kwauk | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kwahk | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ngwok | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gwock | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gwoke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khwak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwhak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwuke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuoke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwakk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwagk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaśk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwoik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwock | 67 | 0 | / |
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