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Kwok

Kwok is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English, Polish, and Tagalog.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kwok comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kwok through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1981
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19810.0
Kwok in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1981–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,012 as a first name in 2020; 5,760 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Kwok’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Kwok as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with GUO. In English usage, Kwok as a surname has a related form in KWOKA. In English usage, Kwok as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KUO.

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KwokKwokaGuoKuo

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Kwok has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.

EnglishTagalogChinese

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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