Werek Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Werek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Werek (70) may also be a first name.
Werek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Werek is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Werek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Werek is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 38 percent of Werek live; 38 percent live in Oceania Islands and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 70 people.
The last name Werek is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western Highlands, where 58 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 42 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 21 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
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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 Werek
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