Jokam Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Jokam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jokam (211) may also be a first name.
Jokam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jokam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jokam (Hindi: जोकम, Marathi: जोकम) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jokam.
How Common Is The Last Name Jokam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jokam is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Jokam live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Jokam is also the 622,565th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 211 people.
Jokam is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 16 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent are found and India, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jokam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jokam in the Hindi language | ||
| जोकम | jokama | - |
| Jokam in the Marathi language | ||
| जोकम | jokama | 44.44 |
| जोकाम | jokama | 33.33 |
| जॉकम | jokama | 22.22 |
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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 Jokam
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