Kawk Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kawk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kawk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kawk is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawk? popularity and diffusion

Kawk is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kawk live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Kawk is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Kawk is primarily found in: California, where 33 percent live, Minnesota, where 33 percent live and New Jersey, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Kawk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kawk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kawk surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaewk8918/
Kawke891/
Kaewkh802/
Khawkh801/
Khawke801/
Kowk7562/
Kabk757/
Kafk757/
Kawq755/
Kewk752/
Kawg752/
Cawk751/
Kawc751/
Kawková7327/
Cawke67490/
Kafke6790/
Kaewc673/
Caewk673/
Kavke672/
Kevwk671/
Cawkg671/
Kawgh671/
Kaabk671/

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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 Kawk
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