"Kwok" redirects here. For the cooking pot, see wok.
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds outside a city" in Chinese; it can also be spelled Cok, Guo, Quo, Quoc, Quach, Que, Quek, Kuo, Kok, Koc, Kwok, Kuok or Gock.
It is the 18th most common family name in China. The name Guo was noted as far back as the Xia Dynasty.
Some famous Chinese people with "郭" as the surname
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guo.
- Guo Bingwen
- Guo Jia
- Guo Jing
- Guo Jingjing
- Guo Jingming
- Guo Moruo
- Guo Ziyi (697 – 781), general of Tang China who ended the Anshi Rebellion
- Guo Kan, a famed Chinese general that served under the Mongols.
- Guo Shoujing
- Guo Songtao The first Chinese minister to a western country
- Guo Xi
- Guo Yingjie Senior director in CSIRO, scientific author and leader in the development of the world's fastest wireless system
- Terry Gou, Taiwan Billionaire, 148th richest in the world
- Xiaolu Guo author
- Aaron Kwok a Hong Kong singer, actor.
- Tina Guo, virtuoso cellist
- Kenix Kwok a Hong Kong actress.
- Roger Kwok Chun On, a Hong Kong actor
- Kwok Ping-sheung, Walter, Hong Kong Billionaire
- Robert Kuok, Malaysia born Chinese, Hong Kong Billionaire
- Kwek Leng Beng, Singapore Billionaire, 3rd richest in South-east Asia
- Quek Leng Chan, Malaysia Billionaire, 4th richest in South-east Asia, cousin of Kwek Leng Beng
- Dr. Quek Keng Hong, Malaysia Engineer and IT expert, not related to Quek Leng Chan
- Patrick S Kwok, Former Mayor of Cupertino, California
- Burt Kwouk, English-born Chinese actor
See also
- Kwak (surname), the same surname in Korean.
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