The KWOK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	4,652	6698	0.002	17
United States (1880 census)	5	99521	0	0
Change since 1880	+4647	+92823	+N/A	+N/A
Other Countries
Australia	996	1660	0.006	61
United Kingdom	640	7407	0.001	14

Top States for KWOK by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,010	1592	0.006	59
New York	922	1958	0.005	49
New Jersey	245	3851	0.003	29
Massachusetts	146	5539	0.002	23
Texas	134	12074	0.001	6
Top States for KWOK by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Hawaii	104	911	0.009	86
California	2,010	1592	0.006	59
New York	922	1958	0.005	49
Nevada	67	3469	0.003	34
New Jersey	245	3851	0.003	29

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KWOK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KWOK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KWOK in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KWOK by picking someone at random in Hawaii than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KWOK

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KWOK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KWOK in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	107	2.3
Mixed Race	91	1.96
White (Hispanic)	24	0.52
Asian/Pacific	4,412	94.84
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KWOK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to KWOK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KWOK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.