All around the world, Maoke (茂科 
, Maoke 
) is a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female forename. The forename Maoke is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a very rare mostly male, but uncommonly girly name, China, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, and India, where it is an extremely rare male name. Likewise, Maoke is the last name as well as the forename.