Wanok Surname
Approximately 2,567 people bear this surname
Wanok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,481 | 1:15,735 | 2,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wanok (74) may also be a first name.
Wanok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanok is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanok? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 168,342nd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,838,935 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wanok reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wanok is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 74 people.
Wanok is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 2,481 people, or 1 in 15,735. In Uganda Wanok is most frequent in: Nebbi District, where 36 percent are found, Zombo District, where 34 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 13 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wanok
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