Yuok Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Yuok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Yuok (39) may also be a first name.

Yuok Last Name Facts

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

Yuok is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuok? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yuok is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Yuok live; 57 percent live in Oceania Islands and 57 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yuok is also the 1,637,361st most widespread forename globally, borne by 39 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Yuok Last Name Statistics demography

Yuok earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuouk891/
Yujok891/
Yuak75374/
Yuoc7515/
Yuhak6747/
Yuyuk6713/
Yuake6712/
Yuogh674/
Yuuke674/
Juyuk674/
Iuoke673/
Juhok672/
Yuoikova671/
Yuoxs671/
Yuaks671/
Jujok671/

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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 Yuok
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