Kok (surname)

Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people). Notable people with the surname Kok include:

List of people with the surname Kok

• Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer
• Adam Kok III (1811–1875), leader of the Griqua people in South Africa
• Alexander Kok (1926–2015), English cellist
• Ann Kok (born 1973), Chinese Singaporean television actress and singer
• Antony Kok (1882–1969), Dutch poet, co-founder of De Stijl
• Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman
• Boris Kok (born 1991), French-born Cambodian footballer
• Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Debbie Kok (1963–2010), New Zealand football player
• Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
• Eelyn Kok (born 1978), Singaporean television actress
• Emma Kok (born 2008), Dutch singer
• Felix Kok (1924–2010), English violinist, brother of Alexander Kok
• George Kok (1922–2013), American basketball player
• Gert-Jan Kok (born 1986), Dutch motorcycle racer
• Gretta Kok (born 1944), Dutch swimmer
• Huug Kok (1918–2011), Dutch singer
• James Kok (1902–1976), Romanian bandleader, musician, and arranger
• Jan Kok (1889–1958), Dutch footballer
• Jan Kok (1899–1982), Dutch pharmacist and rector magnificus
• Jito Kok (born 1994), Dutch basketball player
• Jocie Kok (born 1982), Chinese-Singaporean singer
• Kees Kok (born 1949), Dutch politician
• Leo Kok (1923–1945), Dutch draughtsman and designer
• Marinus Kok (1916–1999), Dutch archbishop of the Old Catholic Church
• Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress and film director
• Mary Kok (born 1940), Dutch swimmer
• Melanie Kok (born 1983), Canadian rower
• Mimi Kok (1934–2014), Dutch film and television actress
• Paul Kok (born 1994), Dutch footballer
• Peter Nyot Kok (died 2015), South Sudanese lawyer and minister of education
• Pieter Kok (born 1972), Dutch physicist
• Ralph Kok (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
• Robert Kok (born 1957), Dutch footballer
• Salomon Kok, Flemish Jewish diamond dealer and activist
• Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian politician
• Tevin Kok (born 1996), South African field hockey player
• Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director
• Werner Kok (born 1993), South African rugby player
• Wim Kok (1938–2018), Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands 1994–2002