Djouka Surname
Approximately 3,854 people bear this surname
Djouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,393 | 1:6,121 | 742 |
| Ivory Coast | 379 | 1:60,874 | 3,562 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Djouka (403) may also be a first name.
Djouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Djouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Djouka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻛﻪ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Djouka? popularity and diffusion
Djouka is the 119,268th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,890,904 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Djouka are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Djouka is also the 429,755th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 403 people.
The last name Djouka is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3,393 people, or 1 in 6,121. In Cameroon Djouka is most frequent in: West Region, where 51 percent are found, Centre Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Djouka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Djouka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﻛﻪ | jwkh | 33.33 |
| ﺟﻮﻛﺎ | jwka | 33.33 |
| ﺟﻮﻙ | jwk | 33.33 |
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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 Djouka
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