Nwok Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nwok Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nwok Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nwok occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwok.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwok? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nwok is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwok live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Nwok is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Nwok is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwoke8919,248/
Nwoks892/
Nwokx891/
Nwoek891/
Nwouk891/
Nwokp891/
Nnwoke805/
Nwooke804/
Nwwoke803/
Nwuoke803/
Nwouke802/
Nwokke801/
Nwoike801/
Nwogke801/
Nwodke801/
Nwak7521/
Nwog7512/
Nwuk757/
Nuok752/
Nvok751/
Nwokowa734/
Nweheok731/
Nwuke67809/
Nwake67585/
Nwack6723/
Nuoke679/
Nwuak675/
Nwauk672/
Nwogh671/
Nvock671/
Nwuog671/
Nnwak671/
Nvoke671/
Nwoug671/

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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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