Yawok Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Yawok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yawok (25) may also be a first name.
Yawok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yawok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yawok is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yawok? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Yawok live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yawok is also the 2,136,160th most common forename globally, borne by 25 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea Yawok is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 35 percent reside, Western, where 29 percent reside and West Sepik, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Yawok is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yawoke | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jyawook | 83 | 37 | / |
| Yawak | 80 | 86 | / |
| Yawuk | 80 | 32 | / |
| Jawok | 80 | 6 | / |
| Eawok | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yavok | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yauok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yabouk | 73 | 67 | / |
| Yawake | 73 | 44 | / |
| Yahwak | 73 | 37 | / |
| Yawuck | 73 | 23 | / |
| Jawook | 73 | 8 | / |
| Yawack | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yowouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yauock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jeawok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawaak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jawoks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yachwak | 67 | 18 | / |
| Jiawook | 67 | 18 | / |
| Yabouck | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jeawgok | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaiwgok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yatvook | 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 Yawok
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