Mok is a surname in various cultures. It may be a transcription of several

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s in their Cantonese or Teochew pronunciations, a Dutch surname, a

Hungarian surname Hungarian names include surnames and given names. Some people have more than one given name, but only one is normally used. In the Hungarian language, whether written or spoken, names are invariably given in the "Eastern name order", or family n ...

, or a Korean surname.

Origins

Mok may transcribe the pronunciation, in different varieties of Chinese, of some

s spelled as Mo or Mu in Pinyin (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation), including: *Mò (), spelled Mok based on its pronunciation in Cantonese ( zh, cy=Mohk, j=Mok6; IPA: ) or Teochew ( Peng'im: ; IPA: ). Additionally see *Mù (), homophonous with the first surname above in Teochew. According to

Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated at Ardingly College, ...

, some Cantonese speakers in the United Kingdom and the United States also spell this name as Mok, though Muk is probably a more common transcription of the Cantonese pronunciation ( zh, links=no, cy=Muhk, j=Muk6; IPA: ). *Mù (), homophonous with the first surname above in Teochew. *Mù (), homophonous with the first surname above in Teochew. The Dutch surname Mok is a variant spelling of Mock. The surname Mock might have originated from Moch, a clipping of Mochel. The

Mók was originally a given name. That given name might be a hypocorism of Mózes, which is the Hungarian form of the given names Moises or

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

. There is only one hanja used to write the modern Korean surname Mok: (; ), meaning "harmonious". The bearers of this surname are almost all members of the . That clan is so named for its '' bon-gwan'' (clan hometown) of Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, a city which became part of South Korea after the division of the Korean peninsula. Its members claim descent from , an official under Gojong of Goryeo. Historically, another hanja meaning "tree" (; ) had also been used as a surname by the Mok clan of Baekje, but this surname is no longer extant in the Korean peninsula.

Statistics

In the Netherlands, there were 421 people with the surname Mok as of 2007, up from 112 in 1947. The 2000 South Korean Census found 8,191 people in 2,493 households with the surname Mok; all but ten of those people stated that they were members of the Sacheon Mok clan. According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were 450 people on the island of Great Britain and nine on the island of Ireland with the surname Mok as of 2011; no bearers of the surname were recorded in Great Britain in 1881. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 2,707 people with the surname Mok, making it the 11,597th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 2,134 (13,137th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, and five percent as White.

People

Cambodian surname

Mok Mareth Mok Mareth ( km, ម៉ុក ម៉ារ៉េត; born 20 January 1944) is a Cambodian politician and former Minister of the Environment. He was born in Rumchang, Samraŏng District, Takéo Province, Cambodia. Political career Mareth was ...

(; born 1948), Cambodian politician *

Theavy Mok Theavy Mok ( km, ម៉ុក ធាវី; born April 3, 1963) is the first plastic surgeon in Cambodia. He received his medical doctorate in 1990 from the University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh. Since then he has worked in the general surge ...

(; born 1963), Cambodian plastic surgeon

Chinese surname

* Mok Kwai-lan (; 1892–1982), fourth spouse of Lingnan martial arts grandmaster Wong Fei-hung *

Mok Chun Wah Mok Chun Wah (also transliterated as Mok Chun Wa, born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer. Born in British Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents, Mok represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional caree ...

(; born 1929), Hong Kong footballer *

Mok Cheuk Wing Mok Cheuk Wing (born 2 February 1949) is a Hong Kong judoka. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...

(; born 1949), Hong Kong judo athlete *

Mok Ying-fan Mok Ying-fan (born 15 January 1951, Hong Kong) is the member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council (1985–91, 1994–2015) representing Tung Mei. He was the also member of the Urban Council (1989–99) and the member of Legislative Council (19 ...

(; born 1951), Hong Kong politician *

Ngaiming Mok Ngaiming Mok (; born 1956) is a Hong Kong mathematician specializing in complex differential geometry and algebraic geometry. He is currently a professor at the University of Hong Kong. After graduating from St. Paul's Co-educational College in ...

(; born 1956), Hong Kong mathematician *

Warren Mok Warren Mok () is a Hong Kong-based Macau operatic tenor who has performed many leading roles since his European debut in 1987 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has a repertoire of 50 operatic roles, including Calaf in ''Turandot'', Cavaradossi in ''T ...

(; born 1958), Macau operatic tenor * Max Mok (; born 1960), Hong Kong actor *

Mok Ka Sha Mok Ka Sha (born 23 October 1962 in Guangdong) is a Hong Kong table tennis player who represented British Hong Kong at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Personal life Mok is married to former teammate Chan Kong Wah Chan Kong Wah (born 31 August 1 ...

(; born 1962), Hong Kong table tennis player *

Charles Mok Charles Peter Mok, JP (born 1964 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-based Internet entrepreneur and IT advocate who formerly represents the Information Technology functional constituency on the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Mok founded HKNet in ...

(; born 1964), Hong Kong internet entrepreneur and politician * Hoyan Mok (; born 1969), Hong Kong actress who won the 1993 Miss Hong Kong Pageant * Karen Mok (; born 1970), Hong Kong actress and pop singer * Patricia Mok (; born 1971), Singaporean actress *

Rosanda Mok Rosanda Mok Ka-han (; born 23 May 1972) is a Democratic Party politician in Hong Kong and a member of Wong Tai Sin District. She is the former chairman of the pro-democracy pro-grassroots Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihoo ...

(; born 1972), Hong Kong politician * Zandra Mok (; born 1973), Hong Kong television reporter and politician * Monica Mok (; born 1983), Beijing-born Australian actress *

Mok Ying Ren Dr. Mok Ying Ren (born 6 July 1988) is a triathlete and long-distance runner from Singapore. His best performances include a SEA Games gold medal in 2007 in the triathlon event, as well as a gold medal in the marathon event in 2013. He held the n ...

(; born 1988), Singaporean triathlete and long-distance runner * Mok Hing Ling (), Chinese modern ink painter *

May Mok May Mok Mei-Wah () is a Hong Kong award-winning sound effects Sound editor (filmmaking), editor, who also specializes in Audio mixing (recorded music), sound mixing, sound design, and Advanced Digital Recording, ADR recording.Philip Mok (), Hong Kong professor of electrical engineering

Korean surname

* Mok Jin-seok (; born 1980), South Korean Go player * Mok Un-ju (born 1981), North Korean gymnast *

Yebin Mok Yebin Mok (born April 19, 1984) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2002 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, and placed fifth at the 2003 World Junior Champi ...

(born 1984), South Korean-born American figure skater

Other or unknown

* Abraham Mok (1888–1944), Dutch gymnast murdered in the Holocaust * Jack Mok (born 1935), South African rower * Clement Mok (born 1958), Canadian graphic designer *

Ken Mok Ken Mok is a television producer, and also the founder and president of 10x10 Entertainment, a production company which produces television, film and alternative media. Among the television projects being produced under the 10x10 banner are the ...

(born 1961), American television producer *

Al Mok Aloysius "Al" Mok is an American computer scientist, currently the Quincy Lee Centennial Professor at University of Texas at Austin, and also a published author. References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of ...

, American computer scientist *

Desmond Mok Desmond or Desmond's may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Desmond'' (novel), 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner Smith * ''Desmond's'', 1990s British television sitcom Ireland * Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom * Earl of Desmond, Irish a ...

, Papua New Guinean rugby league player *

Judith Mok Judith Mok is a Dutch soprano, author and poet, who lives in Ireland and has released novels and many articles in English. Biography Judith Mok was born in Bergen, North Holland. After graduating from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague at a ve ...

, Dutch soprano

References

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