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
Wowok occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wowok? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wowok is the 2,436,415th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. Wowok 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 commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 247 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 156,802. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Manus, where 58 percent reside, National Capital District, where 29 percent reside and Central, where 8 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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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