Guwak Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Guwak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guwak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria341:250,45429,541
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Guwak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Guwak has its highest incidence in Austria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guwak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Guwak live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Guwak is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 250,454. In Austria it is mostly found in: Vienna, where 94 percent reside, Burgenland, where 3 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Austria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowak8038/
Guwaková773/
Gowack732/
Ghuvak731/
Guwuoke672/
Guswaaq671/
Gauback670/
Guvakova6220/
Goutvaks625/
Gubac60807/
Gowok60766/
Gubag60162/
Gowac6044/
Givak6010/
Giwaq601/
Guvaag5519/
Gaubac554/
Giwook551/
Gouvok551/
Ghowagh5064/
Ngouvok502/
Goovack501/

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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 Guwak
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