Gowok Surname
Approximately 766 people bear this surname
Gowok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 755 | 1:234,626 | 13,676 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Gowok (112) may also be a first name.
Gowok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gowok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gowok occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gowok? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 445,430th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,513,768 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gowok reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most common first name world-wide, borne by 112 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 755 people, or 1 in 234,626. In Nigeria Gowok is primarily found in: Plateau, where 84 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live and Kaduna, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gowok
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