Woak Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Woak Surname Definition:
(Teutonic) repr. the Old Teutonic name-stem Wolc- [cogn. with Old English Wealh, foreigner, Welshman; and Latin Uolcae, the name of a Gaulish tribe]
Woak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Woak Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Teutonic) repr. the Old Teutonic name-stem Wolc- [cogn. with Old English Wealh, foreigner, Welshman; and Latin Uolcae, the name of a Gaulish tribe]
Woak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woak occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Woak.
How Common Is The Last Name Woak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Woak live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Woak is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohak | 89 | 76 | / |
| Wouak | 89 | 23 | / |
| Woake | 89 | 2 | / |
| Woack | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woijak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wojiak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wouaak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wohack | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wouake | 80 | 1 | / |
| Voak | 75 | 447 | / |
| Woag | 75 | 5 | / |
| Waok | 75 | 4 | / |
| Uoak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woac | 75 | 1 | / |
| Voake | 67 | 118 | / |
| Voack | 67 | 36 | / |
| Wojok | 67 | 34 | / |
| Boack | 67 | 26 | / |
| Boakh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Woyok | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wohák | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wohaková | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waeak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woook | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vohak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohaq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waoke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waoik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouag | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvoak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwaok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woagh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Voaks | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Woak
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