Wook Surname

622,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 493 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Monaco

Wook Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia3551:83,0825,835
United States561:6,472,481306,764
South Korea101:5,124,026903
England101:5,571,806158,774
Belize91:39,4972,328
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
China51:273,464,31313,838
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Wook (2,320) may also be a first name.

Wook Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wook Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wook is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wook? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wook is the 622,538th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Wook are found; 73 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 73 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 154,519th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 2,320 people.

The surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 83,082. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kelantan, where 47 percent live, Terengganu, where 35 percent live and Selangor, where 6 percent live. Other than Malaysia it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and South Korea, where 2 percent live.

Wook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wook has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wook surname rose 311 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wook Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wook surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% being registered with the political party.

Wook earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning $48,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woock89742/
Wooke8944/
Woogk8936/
Woodk892/
Woosk891/
Wok86404/
Wootke8014/
Woosck8013/
Woodck801/
Woke753,412/
Woog75679/
Wouk75369/
Hwok75345/
Wock75185/
Vook75167/
Woik7581/
Woyk7541/
Wooc754/
Woox753/
Wuok752/
Woek752/
Vwok751/
Wooq751/
Wokz751/
Wokg751/
Wokc751/
Wokk751/
Whok751/
Wohk751/
Wojk751/
Wokt751/
Wgok751/
Woodtke7382/
Woothke731/
Vooke671,426/
Woike67700/
Woyke67579/
Wokke67372/
Wotke67280/
Wojke67218/
Woigk67153/
Wocke67134/
Woick67115/
Wocks6792/
Woeck6779/
Wozke6741/
Woyck6719/
Wogke6718/
Woogh6716/
Wojck6711/
Wotdk677/
Wougk677/
Wokhe675/
Wojtk674/
Voock674/
Wouke673/
Wwoke673/
Wouck672/
Vwoke672/
Woogt672/
Wokct671/
Woogs671/
Wuoke671/
Whoyk671/
Woshk671/
Woygk671/
Wokph671/
Boogk671/
Woodc671/
Whock670/

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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 Wook
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