Wowk Surname

227,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Wowk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wowk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada5551:66,3887,685
United States4171:869,20665,973
Poland3901:97,45814,907
Australia1471:183,64418,462
England731:763,26141,903
Argentina511:838,10654,910
France411:1,620,066149,911
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wowk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wowk is found in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wowk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wowk is the 227,494th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,087,238 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Wowk are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 555 people, or 1 in 66,388. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Alberta, where 44 percent reside, Ontario, where 26 percent reside and British Columbia, where 14 percent reside. Besides Canada this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Poland, where 22 percent reside.

Wowk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Wowk surname are 7.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.02% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wowk earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.96% more than the national average, earning $49,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.27% less than the national average, earning $47,065 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wowks891/
Whowk890/
Vowk7517/
Wovk7511/
Wowg751/
Wewk751/
Wobk751/
Wowq751/
Wowx751/
Bowk750/
Wowková735/
Wawkh673/
Weewk671/
Wovkx671/
Wowwx671/
Wawke671/
Whawk671/

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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 Wowk
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