Dhoka Surname
Approximately 2,120 people bear this surname
Dhoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,000 | 1:383,533 | 20,484 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Dhoka (600) may also be a first name.
Dhoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhoka (Hindi: धोका, Marathi: धोका, Oriya: େଧାକା) is found most in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhoka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 197,494th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,437,522 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dhoka are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Dhoka is also the 341,265th most numerous given name in the world, held by 600 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 2,000 people, or 1 in 383,533. In India Dhoka is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 72 percent live, Gujarat, where 17 percent live and Karnataka, where 2 percent live. Apart from India this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhoka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhoka in the Oriya language | ||
| େଧାକା | edhaka | - |
| Dhoka in the Marathi language | ||
| धोका | dhoka | 94.44 |
| ढोका | dhoka | 3.41 |
| घोका | ghoka | 0.61 |
| दोका | doka | 0.31 |
| ढोक | dhoka | 0.2 |
| धोक | dhoka | 0.1 |
| दोक | doka | 0.1 |
| Dhoka in the Hindi language | ||
| धोका | dhoka | 93.9 |
| ढोका | dhoka | 4.88 |
| धोखा | dhokha | 1.22 |
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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 Dhoka
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