Kogah Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Kogah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Kogah (15) may also be a first name.
Kogah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kogah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kogah (Arabic: كوقه) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kogah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,460,878th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname Kogah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kogah are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 15 people.
Kogah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Kogah is primarily found in: Taraba, where 35 percent live, Kano, where 20 percent live and Kaduna, where 17 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kogah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kogah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوقه | kwqh | - |
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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 Kogah
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