Tawok Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Tawok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Tawok (19) may also be a first name.
Tawok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawok is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawok? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Tawok is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Tawok live; 80 percent live in Oceania Islands and 80 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Tawok is mostly found in: East New Britain, where 67 percent live, Morobe, where 25 percent live and Madang, where 8 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tauwok | 91 | 11 | / |
| Taiwok | 91 | 4 | / |
| Tawoke | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tawock | 91 | 1 | / |
| Taiwoke | 83 | 2 | / |
| Taewook | 83 | 2 | / |
| Taiwook | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tawak | 80 | 349 | / |
| Towok | 80 | 80 | / |
| Tewok | 80 | 15 | / |
| Tavok | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tawog | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tawake | 73 | 2,980 | / |
| Tabook | 73 | 737 | / |
| Taivok | 73 | 168 | / |
| Tawack | 73 | 41 | / |
| Thowok | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tabock | 73 | 6 | / |
| Thawak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tauwak | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tahbok | 73 | 2 | / |
| Towoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tawakk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tawakh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tabokh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thabok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taboukh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Thawake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tabouck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taibouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tawogue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahavok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tavoick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thawoug | 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
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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 Tawok
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