Iowk Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Thailand

Iowk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iowk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iowk Last Name Facts

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

Iowk is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iowk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Iowk live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Iowk is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 76,782,524. In Iran Iowk is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 100 percent reside. Beside Iran it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Thailand, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwk8611/
Yowk7524/
Eowk752/
Iwqk751/
Ihwk751/
Ijwk751/
Iowx751/
Iowg751/
Iovk751/
Giwk751/
Iwwk751/
Iwkx751/
Iwke751/
Iobqk671/
Iwwkt671/
Jiwke671/
Oiwke671/
Jhowk670/

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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 Iowk
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