Gowik Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Gowik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1441:263,95032,677
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gowik (24) may also be a first name.

Gowik Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gowik Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gowik is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gowik click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowik? popularity and diffusion

Gowik is the 1,095,216th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gowik live; 64 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Gowik is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name internationally, held by 24 people.

It is most common in Poland, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 263,950. Not including Poland it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghowik9115/
Gowick916/
Gowhick831/
Gowiske830/
Govik8048/
Gawik8035/
Gowek8019/
Guwik801/
Gewikh73101/
Gawick7330/
Guwick7316/
Gotvik739/
Gawiek731/
Gaswick6733/
Gotvikh678/
Gauwick671/
Gaweick671/
Guswick670/

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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 Gowik
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