Yowek Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Yowek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yowek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Yowek Last Name Facts

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

Yowek is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yowek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Yowek is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Yowek live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Yowek is most common in: California, where 100 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 26 percent are found.

Yowek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Yowek last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yowek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $48,888 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yooek8012/
Yawek803/
Yowik802/
Jowek801/
Yowike732/
Yobeak731/
Yaweke731/
Yoyk67435/
Joek67128/
Yeak67124/
Iyek6762/
Hayowyk6713/
Yejk6710/
Yoswick678/
Jowieck671/

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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 Yowek
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