Okuk Surname
Approximately 1,301 people bear this surname
Okuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 549 | 1:322,664 | 17,723 |
| Uganda | 471 | 1:82,886 | 8,804 |
| Papua New Guinea | 217 | 1:37,575 | 4,533 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Okuk (911) may also be a first name.
Okuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okuk is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 293,533rd most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,601,496 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Okuk live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okuk is also the 268,676th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 911 people.
Okuk is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 322,664. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 62 percent are found, Cross River, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Okuk exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 36 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okuke | 89 | 81 | / |
| Okcuk | 89 | 13 | / |
| Okouk | 89 | 5 | / |
| Hokuk | 89 | 2 | / |
| Okuik | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gokcuk | 80 | 173 | / |
| Okuike | 80 | 113 | / |
| Gokguk | 80 | 73 | / |
| Okauke | 80 | 25 | / |
| Okeuke | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gokkuk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hokuke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okucke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okok | 75 | 5,984 | / |
| Akuk | 75 | 453 | / |
| Ukuk | 75 | 112 | / |
| Ekuk | 75 | 111 | / |
| Ocuk | 75 | 25 | / |
| Okuc | 75 | 24 | / |
| Okux | 75 | 5 | / |
| Okug | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gokuc | 67 | 81 | / |
| Akuke | 67 | 75 | / |
| Eukuk | 67 | 62 | / |
| Otkuc | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ukuke | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hakuk | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hocuk | 67 | 14 | / |
| Akouk | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gocuk | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ahkuk | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gukuk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hokok | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okook | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ookok | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okokh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okoek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okkok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukuuk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akkuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ockug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohkux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukutk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akeuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocuuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogkug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okugh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akauk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akukk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eckuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hukuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukuik | 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 Okuk
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