Rowak Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Rowak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Rowak (21) may also be a first name.
Rowak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rowak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rowak is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rowak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rowak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Rowak are found; 65 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 65 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Rowak is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Rowak is primarily found in: Western, where 95 percent live and East Sepik, where 5 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowack | 91 | 16 | / |
| Roswak | 91 | 1 | / |
| Rouwayk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rowaikh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rowhack | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rewak | 80 | 257 | / |
| Rovak | 80 | 148 | / |
| Rawak | 80 | 60 | / |
| Rowaq | 80 | 2 | / |
| Roßwag | 73 | 122 | / |
| Rovňak | 73 | 57 | / |
| Robaak | 73 | 23 | / |
| Rovack | 73 | 6 | / |
| Roibak | 73 | 6 | / |
| Rawake | 73 | 5 | / |
| Rohbak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Rawack | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rhobak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rawakh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruswak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruwake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rovhak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rawask | 73 | 1 | / |
| Roubak | 73 | 0 | / |
| Robeak | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rosswag | 67 | 115 | / |
| Rochvak | 67 | 48 | / |
| Rohback | 67 | 42 | / |
| Hroback | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rouback | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rhoback | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rouwaux | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rachwak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roßwaag | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hrobľak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Robaack | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roszwag | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Rowak
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