Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Sok as a surname developed from សុខ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sok through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 28 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,015 as a first name in 2020; 4,991 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.
Sok’s family of names
In English usage, Sok as a surname developed from the Khmer form សុខ. In Khmer usage, Sok as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of សុខ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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