Bok (surname) explained

Language:Chinese (Hokkien), Dutch, German, Korean, Swedish

Bok is a surname of several origins.[1]

Origins

As a Chinese surname, Bok transcribes the Hokkien pronunciations of various surnames spelled in Mandarin Pinyin as Mu (e.g. 'herder'; 'elegant') or Mo .[2] Hokkien spellings of Chinese surnames are often found in Malaysia and Singapore, where many descendants of Chinese migrants can trace their roots to the Fujian province of China.[3]

The Dutch surname Bok comes from the Dutch word for billy goat, .[4] Similarly, the Jewish surname Bok, a variant spelling of Bock, originated from the German word for billy goat, .

Bok is the spelling in Revised Romanization of one Korean surname meaning 'divination' (Hanja: ; referred to in Korean as or). The character used to write this surname, Radical 25, is also used for the Chinese surname now pronounced Bǔ in Standard Mandarin.[5] The largest Korean clan bearing this surname, the, claims common descent from, one of the four generals who overthrew Gung Ye of the state of Taebong in 918 and installed King Taejo in his place as the first king of the Goryeo dynasty.[6]

As a Swedish surname, Bok originated as an ornamental surname, from 'beech'.[4]

Bok is also a Slovenian surname.[4]

Statistics

In the Netherlands, there were 1,751 people with the surname Bok and five with the surname Bók as of 2007, up from 1,197 in 1947.[7]

The 2000 South Korean Census found 8,644 people in 2,663 households with the surname Bok; 7,471 of those were members of the Myeoncheon Bok clan.[5]

The 2010 United States Census found 738 people with the surname Bok, making it the 31,383rd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 599 (35,522nd-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In the 2010 census, 73.71% of the bearers of the surname identified as White, and 21.41% as Asian.[8]

Notable people with the surname

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bok
  2. Book: Medhurst, Walter Henry. A dictionary of the Hok-këèn dialect of the Chinese language, according to the reading and colloquial idioms. Walter Henry Medhurst. East India Company Press. 1832. 30–32.
  3. Russel. Jones. Chinese Names: Notes on the use of surnames & personal names by the Chinese in Malaya. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 32. 187. August 1959. 3–84. 41505683.
  4. Book: Dictionary of American Family Names. Patrick. Hanks. Patrick Hanks. Oxford University Press. 2003. 9780199771691. 186.
  5. Web site: 행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구. Households and individuals, separated by administrative region (district, city, county), family name, and bon-gwan. Korean Statistical Information Service. 23 October 2020.
  6. Web site: 성씨유래검색: 복(卜). Family name origins: Bok. Jokbo Museum. Daejeon. 23 October 2020. none. . The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names: Book: 김진우. ko:한국인 의 역사. The History of Koreans. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop]. 2009. 502157619.
  7. Web site: Bok. Nederlandse Familienamenbank. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. 8 September 2018.
  8. Web site: How common is your last name?. Newsday. 5 September 2018.

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