Moak
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Moak is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Mock.
- USUnited States1 in 157K◐
- CACanada1 in 145K
- AUAustralia1 in 249K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
variant spelling of Mock.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 16,858 | 82% |
| GB United Kingdom | 537 | 3% |
| CA Canada | 472 | 2% |
| AU Australia | 268 | 1% |
| IT Italy | 141 | 1% |
≈18,276 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English19K92%
- Spanish4412%
- German1731%
- Italian1411%
- Khmer931%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 18,931 | 92% |
| Spanish | 441 | 2% |
| German | 173 | 1% |
| Italian | 141 | 1% |
| Khmer | 93 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Lee Moakb. 1957USUnion boss and pilot
- Robert Moakb. 1958UScurrent Chair of the Mississippi Democratic Party
- Daniel MoakUSPh.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1979
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 6 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.3K | #12,221 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,103 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 4 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Moak?
- Our records include 18,276 bearers of Moak across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Moak have the most bearers?
- Moak is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Moak mean?
- Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Mock.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moak”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.