Wuluk Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wuluk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wuluk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444

Wuluk (17) may also be a first name.

Wuluk Last Name Facts

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

Wuluk occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuluk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Wuluk are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wuluk is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name internationally, held by 17 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 97 percent reside and West Sepik, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuluik911/
Wuluck911/
Woulouk8373/
Wiluk80148/
Woluk802/
Vuluk802/
Wulok801/
Builuk73154/
Buyluk7365/
Wulick7312/
Buluck7310/
Buliuk735/
Wieluk732/
Wiluck731/
Bulyukh6790/
Wilhauk6789/
Boulouk6710/
Wuhlick678/
Beuleuk672/
Bullouk672/
Wullick671/
Buliukh671/
Whulock670/

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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 Wuluk
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