Wantok Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Wantok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
Wantok (54) may also be a first name.
Wantok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wantok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wantok (Arabic: انتوك) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wantok click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wantok? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 39 percent of Wantok live; 39 percent live in Southeast Asia and 37 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wantok is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 54 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent are found, National Capital District, where 14 percent are found and Chimbu, where 7 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Wantok is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Thailand, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wantok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wantok in the Arabic language | ||
| انتوك | antwk | - |
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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 Wantok
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