Bokena Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Bokena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bokena (27) may also be a first name.
Bokena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokena is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,281,391st most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. Bokena occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Bokena reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 27 people.
Bokena is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 98,238. In Papua New Guinea Bokena is mostly concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Bokena
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