Hoko Surname
Approximately 3,137 people bear this surname
Hoko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,024 | 1:52,908 | 6,702 |
| Zimbabwe | 828 | 1:18,645 | 2,761 |
| Kenya | 277 | 1:166,714 | 12,857 |
| Papua New Guinea | 179 | 1:45,551 | 5,636 |
| Namibia | 131 | 1:18,392 | 3,222 |
| Japan | 125 | 1:1,022,754 | 20,291 |
| Lesotho | 87 | 1:23,363 | 4,738 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Lebanon | 31 | 1:181,841 | 8,070 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Hoko (7,458) may also be a first name.
Hoko Demographics
Hoko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Hoko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hoko (Arabic: حوكو) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoko? popularity and diffusion
Hoko is the 141,975th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,323,094 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Hoko are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 74,447th most widespread first name in the world, held by 7,458 people.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,024 people, or 1 in 52,908. In South Africa Hoko is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Hoko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Hoko surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.
The amount Hoko earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.57% less than the national average, earning R 143,604 per year; in United States they earn 13.84% more than the national average, earning $49,120 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $50,118 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hoko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hoko in the Arabic language | ||
| حوكو | hwkw | - |
| هوكو | hwkw | - |
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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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- 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 Hoko
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