Chinese surname

Surname Kok

郭 · 谷

Kok is a Chinese surname, usually a dialect romanization of the character 郭.

Characters for the surname Kok

The spelling Kok is common in Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien romanization.

郭

outer city wall; surname

Cantonese gwok3 / Hakka kok / Hokkien kok / Mandarin guō
谷

valley; surname

Hokkien kok / Mandarin gǔ

郭 all spellings of guō 谷 all spellings of gǔ

Possible characters for Kok

The spelling Kok can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
郭	guō · Hokkien · Cantonese
谷	gǔ · Hokkien

Other spellings of the same character

Koay 郭Hokkien
Kuo 郭
Kuok 郭Cantonese, Foochow
Kwek 郭Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Kok

Kok is usually a spelling of the surname 郭 (Mandarin Guo), read kok in Hakka and in some Hokkien varieties, and gwok3 in Cantonese (also spelt Kwok). The spelling also fits the surname 谷, read kok in Hokkien. The meaning depends on the character a family uses.

Sources

Wiktionary: 郭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 郭 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: 谷 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 谷 · mdbg.net · meaning

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Entry ID: mn01264 · Updated 2026-10-26 · Report a mistake