Pok Surname

22,107th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Pok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea9,3371:5,48890
South Sudan5,8131:1,964387
Cambodia3,5461:4,367663
Singapore1,4421:3,819285
Papua New Guinea1,1921:6,840464
Malaysia8941:32,9912,793
Hong Kong6471:11,338331
United States4631:782,84960,614
Macau2341:2,571249
Indonesia1671:791,91160,260
Russia1491:967,26975,342
France1081:615,02580,926
Thailand591:1,197,260174,557
Czechia591:180,22826,726
Australia541:499,92037,885
India431:17,838,730274,051
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Slovenia361:69,1029,774
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Hungary301:327,20924,029
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Croatia171:248,74126,882
England161:3,482,379114,324
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
China101:136,732,1577,199
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Guam81:20,0153,029
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Pók (495) are calculated separately.

Pok (12,988) may also be a first name.

Pok Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pok Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pok (Hindi: पोक, Marathi: पोक, Oriya: େପାକ, Russian: Пок, Tibetan: པོག་) occurs in South Korea more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Pók. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pok? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pok is the 22,107th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 296,206 people. Pok is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Pok reside; 42 percent reside in East Asia and 38 percent reside in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 51,315th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 12,988 people.

Pok is most numerous in South Korea, where it is carried by 9,337 people, or 1 in 5,488. In South Korea Pok is primarily found in: Gyeonggi Province, where 24 percent live, Seoul, where 22 percent live and South Chungcheong Province, where 20 percent live. Other than South Korea this last name occurs in 75 countries. It also occurs in South Sudan, where 24 percent live and Cambodia, where 14 percent live.

Pok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pok has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pok last name expanded 4,630 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pok Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Pok surname are 3.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.7% being registered with the party.

The amount Pok earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $45,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.87% more than the national average, earning $73,468 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pók89495/
Puok8655,286/
Phok8619,891/
Pouk865,312/
Pook864,564/
Poke863,093/
Pock862,244/
Pokh86595/
Pokk86345/
Poek86252/
Poik86158/
Poyk8669/
Posk8644/
Pohk869/
Pfok863/
Hpok861/
Pokś861/
Pokt861/
Pokx861/
Potk861/
Pokz861/
Pooke75485/
Poock75444/
Poukh75422/
Poick75182/
Poike75142/
Poyck7578/
Phoek7569/
Pouke7555/
Phoke7548/
Phokh7524/
Phouk7517/
Pocke759/
Pouck757/
Phook755/
Pokhe755/
Poeyk752/
Poyke752/
Poßke752/
Phock752/
Posks751/
Pouks751/
Pousk751/
Pogks751/
Potck751/
Potks751/
Puock751/
Pohke751/
Pockh750/
Poszk750/
Pfock750/
Pak676,302,782/
Puk6730,030/
Poc673,463/
Pox67104/
Pák6798/
Poková6769/
Pog6741/
Poucke6735/
Poeckh6732/
Pokova6722/
Pokowa6719/
Pooske6713/
Pohske679/
Poszke676/
Poq675/
Phodke674/
Poshke673/
Poicke672/
Pottke672/
Pookph671/
Poijck671/
Poscke671/
Pook'e671/
Photke671/
Pottck671/
Poooek671/
Pothke671/
Poutke670/

Pok Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pok in the Tibetan language
པོག་pok-
Pok in the Hindi language
पोकpoka-
Pok in the Oriya language
େପାକepaka-
Pok in the Marathi language
पोकpoka92.5
पॉकpoka5
पोकूpoku2.5
Pok in the Russian language
Покpok-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pok
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