Wowok Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Wowok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wowok (247) may also be a first name.
Wowok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wowok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wowok is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowok? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wowok are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 87 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 567,531st most numerous given name world-wide, held by 247 people.
The surname Wowok is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Manus, where 58 percent reside, National Capital District, where 29 percent reside and Central, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wowok
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