Amok Surname
Approximately 618 people bear this surname
Amok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 289 | 1:28,214 | 3,192 |
| Philippines | 168 | 1:602,608 | 65,371 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Amok (667) may also be a first name.
Amok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amok (Hindi: अमोक, Marathi: अमोक, Russian: Амок) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amok? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amok is the 525,029th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Amok live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 321,321st most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 667 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 28,214. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 62 percent reside, East Sepik, where 21 percent reside and Western, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Amok occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amok in the Marathi language | ||
| अमोक | amoka | 94.12 |
| आमोक | amoka | 5.88 |
| Amok in the Hindi language | ||
| अमोक | amoka | 83.33 |
| आमोक | amoka | 16.67 |
| Amok in the Russian language | ||
| Амок | amok | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amok
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