Owk Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Owk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2201:3,486,66199,274
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Owk (99) may also be a first name.

Owk Last Name Facts

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

Owk is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Owk is the 1,073,555th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Owk live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Owk is also the 951,070th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 99 people.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 3,486,661. In India it is primarily found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 95 percent live and Telangana, where 5 percent live. Apart from India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Howk861,157/
Owke8612/
Oewk861/
Owkx861/
Owks861/
Oswk861/
Oywek75370/
Howke7557/
Howkg751/
Ouwkt751/
Ovwck751/
Oiwke751/
Hoewk751/
Howck751/
Uwk678,279/
Awk6742/
Ovk6721/
Owc676/
Owx676/
Owg676/
Ofk672/
Ewk672/
Owq671/
Oiwekk670/
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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 Owk
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