Where Does The Last Name Woks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Woks is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 3,882,373^rd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Woks occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Woks reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 79 percent live, Morobe, where 14 percent live and Madang, where 7 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Woks exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Woks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Woks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woks surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.