Hokah Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Hokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hokah (Arabic: حوكه) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hokah is the 1,701,480th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Hokah is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Hokah are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Hokah is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 427,592. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hokah in the Arabic language | ||
| حوكه | hwkh | - |
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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 Hokah
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