Choke Surname
Approximately 767 people bear this surname
Choke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| Kenya | 183 | 1:252,349 | 17,139 |
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Choke (438) may also be a first name.
Choke Demographics
Average Choke Salary in
South Africa
R 31,116
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Choke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Choke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻙ, Hindi: चोके, Marathi: चोके, Russian: Чоке) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 444,963rd most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. The last name Choke is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Choke are found; 31 percent are found in West Africa and 30 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 409,668th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 438 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 58 percent are found, Enugu, where 17 percent are found and Taraba, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent are found and India, where 19 percent are found.
Choke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Choke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.91% less than the national average, earning R 31,116 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Choke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Choke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻮﻙ | shwk | - |
| Choke in the Hindi language | ||
| चोके | coke | - |
| Choke in the Marathi language | ||
| चोके | coke | 95.86 |
| चोखे | cokhe | 1.38 |
| चाके | cake | 1.38 |
| चोले | cole | 1.38 |
| Choke in the Russian language | ||
| Чоке | coke | - |
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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 Choke
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