Yawok Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

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

Yawok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yawok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea621:131,51218,033
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

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

Yawok occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yawok? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,047,559th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. Yawok is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Yawok reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yawok is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 25 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea Yawok is most frequent in: Madang, where 35 percent live, Western, where 29 percent live and West Sepik, where 23 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yawoke911/
Jyawook8337/
Yawak8086/
Yawuk8032/
Jawok806/
Eawok803/
Yavok803/
Yauok801/
Yabouk7367/
Yawake7344/
Yahwak7337/
Yawuck7323/
Jawook738/
Yawack736/
Yowouk731/
Yauock731/
Jeawok731/
Yawaak731/
Jawoks730/
Yachwak6718/
Jiawook6718/
Yabouck676/
Jeawgok672/
Jaiwgok671/
Yatvook671/

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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 Yawok
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