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
The surname Choke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻙ, Hindi: चोके, Marathi: चोके, Russian: Чоке) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Choke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 444,963rd most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Choke reside; 31 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 409,668th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 438 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria Choke is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 58 percent live, Enugu, where 17 percent live and Taraba, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 24 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Choke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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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