Nuks Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nuks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Nuks (29) may also be a first name.
Nuks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nuks is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuks? popularity and diffusion
Nuks is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Nuks are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nuks is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held given name globally, held by 29 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Nuks is most common in: Morobe, where 40 percent reside, Madang, where 20 percent reside and National Capital District, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Nuks
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