Gowok Surname

445,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gowok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7551:234,62613,676
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

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 in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowok? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 445,430th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,513,768 people. The last name Gowok occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gowok are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 112 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 755 people, or 1 in 234,626. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 84 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngowok911/
Ngowock831/
Gawok8054/
Gowak8038/
Gewok8026/
Gowog801/
Govok800/
Gewock7311/
Gowake739/
Ngawok738/
Gobock732/
Gowack732/
Ngovok731/
Ngowog731/
Gouvok731/
Govohk731/
Ngowack6731/
Guwuoke672/
Ngouvok672/
Goovack671/
Gooback670/

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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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