Ngwok Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ngwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ngwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwok is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwok? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwok reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 74 percent reside, Kogi, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ngwok is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwoke | 91 | 4,079 | / |
| Ngwock | 91 | 13 | / |
| Gwok | 89 | 62 | / |
| Ngwuoke | 83 | 400 | / |
| Ngwouke | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ngkwoke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nngwoke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwak | 80 | 44 | / |
| Gwock | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nguok | 80 | 10 | / |
| Gwoke | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nkwok | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ngbok | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngwake | 73 | 55 | / |
| Nkwoke | 73 | 46 | / |
| Ngwuke | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nguoke | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngwoeg | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwok | 67 | 152,344 | / |
| Gwak | 67 | 374 | / |
| Guok | 67 | 334 | / |
| Gbok | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ngwuike | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nkwoike | 67 | 14 | / |
| Qwok | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cwok | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Ngwok
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