Wöcke Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wöcke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
The alternate forms: Wocke (134) are calculated separately.
Wöcke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wöcke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wöcke is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Wocke. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wöcke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Wöcke are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Wöcke is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 821,292. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of St Gallen, where 90 percent reside and Canton of Bern, where 10 percent reside. Other than Switzerland Wöcke exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wocke | 93 | 134 | / |
| Wöcker | 91 | 12 | / |
| Wöck | 89 | 14 | / |
| Wecke | 80 | 1,211 | / |
| Böcke | 80 | 113 | / |
| Wacke | 80 | 112 | / |
| Wäcke | 80 | 5 | / |
| Vöcker | 73 | 124 | / |
| Wäcker | 73 | 53 | / |
| Wackie | 73 | 39 | / |
| Wötzke | 73 | 19 | / |
| Weecke | 73 | 18 | / |
| Woecke | 73 | 16 | / |
| Wockey | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wackey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waecke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wuicke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wätcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wehcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wackeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuecke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weckey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wake | 67 | 21,058 | / |
| Weke | 67 | 3,660 | / |
| Woke | 67 | 3,412 | / |
| Vöck | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wäck | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vöcskei | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wäke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Woehcke | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wöcke
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