Foka Surname
Approximately 8,148 people bear this surname
Foka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,943 | 1:4,202 | 504 |
| Greece | 790 | 1:14,025 | 1,904 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Ukraine | 380 | 1:119,797 | 16,995 |
| India | 264 | 1:2,905,551 | 88,094 |
| Russia | 214 | 1:673,472 | 57,767 |
| South Africa | 166 | 1:326,372 | 30,631 |
| Tanzania | 157 | 1:337,208 | 25,147 |
| Lesotho | 122 | 1:16,660 | 3,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| Liberia | 66 | 1:66,796 | 5,740 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cyprus | 60 | 1:14,748 | 1,691 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Moldova | 36 | 1:98,927 | 11,954 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Transnistria | 15 | 1:31,647 | 5,088 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Fóka (36) & Fóká (1) are calculated separately.
Foka (4,028) may also be a first name.
Foka Demographics
Foka Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Foka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foka (Hindi: फोका, Russian: Фока) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as: Fóka or Fóká. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foka? popularity and diffusion
Foka is the 61,713th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 894,397 people. Foka occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Foka are found; 60 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 109,960th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 4,028 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4,943 people, or 1 in 4,202. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 36 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 10 percent are found and Chad, where 7 percent are found.
Foka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Foka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foka last name increased 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Foka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Foka last name is primarily Orthodox (69%) in Russia and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
The amount Foka earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 36.15% less than the national average, earning R 151,740 per year and in United States they earn 18.06% less than the national average, earning $35,357 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foka in the Hindi language | ||
| फोका | phoka | - |
| Foka in the Russian language | ||
| Фока | foka | - |
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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 Foka
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