Nwok Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nwok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nwok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwok occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwok? popularity and diffusion
Nwok is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwok reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Nwok exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwoke | 89 | 19,248 | / |
| Nwoks | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nwokx | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwoek | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwouk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwokp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nnwoke | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nwooke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwwoke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwuoke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwouke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwokke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwogke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwodke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwak | 75 | 21 | / |
| Nwog | 75 | 12 | / |
| Nwuk | 75 | 7 | / |
| Nuok | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nvok | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwokowa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nweheok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwuke | 67 | 809 | / |
| Nwake | 67 | 585 | / |
| Nwack | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nuoke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nwuak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwauk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwogh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuog | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvoke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoug | 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 Nwok
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