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) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amok? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 525,029th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. Amok occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Amok live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Amok is also the 321,321st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 667 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 28,214. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 62 percent are found, East Sepik, where 21 percent are found and Western, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
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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