The Sok surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,569 people carried this name — #7,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 24% from 3,684 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sok surname
From Khmer សុខ (sok).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sok» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
163 people named Sok have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 218 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 137 people named Sok.
Most of them — 132 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Sok live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Sok are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sok in American newspapers,
1902–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109,351 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sok,
with a public archive behind them.
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G.W. Sok 1957– · songwriter -
Janusz Sok 1966– · Catholic priest -
Ap Sok 1917–2004 · graphic artist
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Jasna Sok 1956– · researcher
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Alojz Sok 1959– · politician
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Ina Sok 1959– · installation artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 21 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sok.
- Sohler 224 · U.S. census
- Sohm 501 · U.S. census
- Sohn 4,796 · U.S. census
- Soisson 367 · U.S. census
- Soja 724 · U.S. census
- Sojka 1,214 · U.S. census
- Sokol 5,559 · U.S. census
- Sokoloff 853 · U.S. census
- Sokolowski 4,139 · U.S. census
- Sol 1,044 · U.S. census
- Sola 2,218 · U.S. census
- Solana 663 · U.S. census
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