Wantok Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

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

Wantok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wantok Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207

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

Wantok (Arabic: انتوك) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wantok click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wantok? popularity and diffusion

Wantok is the 3,185,033rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Wantok occurs predominantly in Asia, where 39 percent of Wantok live; 39 percent live in Southeast Asia and 37 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 54 people.

Wantok is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Wantok is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent live, National Capital District, where 14 percent live and Chimbu, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Wantok occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Thailand, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanthok92162/
Wantock9236/
Wantuk8316/
Wantak832/
Wantog831/
Vantok831/
Bantock77427/
Wantuck77410/
Wanthak7756/
Waintuk773/
Wantake771/
Bandtock7167/
Waintuke717/
Weintock712/
Waintuck712/
Bantog674,572/
Vantuk6712/
Wamtuk672/
Waynetuck671/
Wontak671/
Weisntock671/
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Wantok Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wantok in the Arabic language
انتوكantwk-

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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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