Hoek is a Dutch surname. It may have a patronymic origin, as Hoek was a West Frisian form of the name Hugo. It can also be a shortened form of names like Van den Hoek ("from the corner"). ^[1][2] People with the surname include:

• Evert Hoek (1933-2024), South African-Canadian geotechnical engineer
• Frans Hoek (born 1956), Dutch football goalkeeper and coach
• Henry Hoek [de] (1878–1951), German pioneering ski mountaineer, namesake of the Hoek Glacier
• Marga Hoek (born 1965), Dutch businesswoman
• Martin Hoek (1834–1873), Dutch astronomer and experimental physicist
• Milan Hoek (born 1991), Dutch football defender
• Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek [fr] (1851–1914), Dutch ichthyologist
• Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983), Dutch film and television actress

• Horst Hoeck (1904–1969), German Olympic rower
• Johann Hoeck (1499–1553), German Lutheran theologian known as "Johannes Aepinus"
• Karl Hoeck (1794–1877), German classical historian and philologist

• Ren Höek, chihuahua from The Ren & Stimpy Show

• Van den Hoek, incl. "Van Hoek" and "Van der Hoek"

Surname list

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