Wawak Surname
Approximately 1,170 people bear this surname
Wawak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 911 | 1:41,722 | 6,542 |
| United States | 183 | 1:1,980,650 | 127,499 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Wawák (1) are calculated separately.
Wawak (54) may also be a first name.
Wawak Demographics
Average Wawak Salary in
United States
$48,278 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wawak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wawak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wawak is more frequently found in Poland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Wawák. For other possible spellings of Wawak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wawak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 319,593rd most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 6,228,672 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Wawak live; 78 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Wawak is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 54 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Poland, where it is held by 911 people, or 1 in 41,722. Not including Poland it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Wawak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wawak has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,033 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wawak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wawak surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
Wawak earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.89% more than the national average, earning $48,278 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawák | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wawack | 91 | 20 | / |
| Wawake | 91 | 19 | / |
| Wahawak | 83 | 305 | / |
| Wawok | 80 | 250 | / |
| Wowak | 80 | 231 | / |
| Wawac | 80 | 22 | / |
| Wavak | 80 | 15 | / |
| Vawak | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wewak | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bahwak | 73 | 214 | / |
| Wawoke | 73 | 25 | / |
| Waiwok | 73 | 16 | / |
| Wawock | 73 | 12 | / |
| Waivak | 73 | 9 | / |
| Waewok | 73 | 5 | / |
| Waback | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vawakk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wabakh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wawagh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waywok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wayback | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bahawak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hwawook | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wawak
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