Towok Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Towok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Towok (20) may also be a first name.
Towok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Towok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Towok has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Towok? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Towok is predominantly found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Towok reside; 85 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Towok is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 125,442. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East New Britain, where 72 percent reside, West New Britain, where 12 percent reside and National Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thowok | 91 | 7 | / |
| Towoke | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tuwok | 80 | 79 | / |
| Tovok | 80 | 62 | / |
| Towak | 80 | 47 | / |
| Tawok | 80 | 15 | / |
| Tewok | 80 | 15 | / |
| Towog | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tabook | 73 | 737 | / |
| Towake | 73 | 62 | / |
| Toovak | 73 | 39 | / |
| Tohbok | 73 | 18 | / |
| Tauwok | 73 | 11 | / |
| Toobak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tobook | 73 | 4 | / |
| Touwak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Toewak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tawoke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thobok | 73 | 2 | / |
| Toivok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Towack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Touvok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tobock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taewook | 67 | 2 | / |
| Touwake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touvouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toowack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toswack | 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
- 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 Towok
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis