Kowok Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Kowok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kowok (24) may also be a first name.
Kowok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kowok is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowok? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kowok is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Kowok occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Kowok live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kowok is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 24 people.
The last name Kowok is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western, where 40 percent reside, Bougainville, where 30 percent reside and Manus, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowoke | 91 | 95 | / |
| Koswosk | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kowouke | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kouwouk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kouwoke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kawok | 80 | 111 | / |
| Kuwok | 80 | 69 | / |
| Kowak | 80 | 45 | / |
| Kewok | 80 | 17 | / |
| Cowok | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kowake | 73 | 48 | / |
| Kowack | 73 | 35 | / |
| Kawouk | 73 | 31 | / |
| Koobak | 73 | 24 | / |
| Kabook | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kawook | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kowask | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kawwok | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kobock | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koubok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawhok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khawok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kewhok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koiwak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koïwak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kouwak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kouvok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khobok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kouwog | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kewouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Coswosk | 67 | 187 | / |
| Khewhok | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kouwack | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kouvouk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khawwok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coswock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khobokh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kovoick | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kowok
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