Uwok Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

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

Uwok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uwok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019

Uwok (87) may also be a first name.

Uwok Last Name Facts

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

The last name Uwok is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Uwok click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uwok? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Uwok is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Uwok live; 69 percent live in Southeast Asia and 69 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Uwok is also the 1,024,927th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 87 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 3,075,563. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Sumatra, where 93 percent are found and West Java, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Malaysia, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uwoke8922/
Ujwok896/
Uwuoke8022/
Uswoke806/
Uhwoke804/
Auwoke801/
Ujwoke801/
Iwok754,737/
Uwak752,230/
Owok75155/
Uwuk7518/
Uvok753/
Uwog752/
Ujwuoke736/
Uswuoke733/
Uhwuoke731/
Uwake6752/
Auwak6739/
Uswak6721/
Jiwok6718/
Iwouk676/
Ubuok676/
Howok674/
Iwuok674/
Uwuke672/
Uwuak672/
Aubok672/
Uvoke672/
Owuok671/
Uwack671/
Uwask671/
Huwog671/
Oujwuoke671/
Iwogk671/
Uibok671/
Ubock670/

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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 Uwok
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