Kokah Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Kokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kokah (459) may also be a first name.
Kokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kokah (Arabic: كوخ) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 565,867th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kokah live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kokah is also the 398,330th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 459 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Aside from Ghana this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Kokah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kokah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kokah last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kokah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوخ | kwkh | - |
| كوكه | kwkh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kokah
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