Kawuk Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kawuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawuk (33) may also be a first name.
Kawuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawuk is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawuk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Kawuk reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kawuk is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 33 people.
The surname Kawuk is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Kawuk is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Kawuk occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawouk | 91 | 31 | / |
| Kawuke | 91 | 19 | / |
| Kawuuk | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kaswuk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kaeweuk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaewauk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khawuke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kavuk | 80 | 3,242 | / |
| Kawok | 80 | 111 | / |
| Kavuke | 73 | 24 | / |
| Kabouk | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kawook | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kobauk | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kawwok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kavouk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kovauk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khavuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawhok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khawok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawwug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cawuke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kewouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawough | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kowouke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cawuike | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khawwok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouwouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kovauck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawaugh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kawuk
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