Kokana Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Kokana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kokana (148) may also be a first name.
Kokana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kokana (Marathi: कोकना, Oriya: େକାକନା) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kokana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokana? popularity and diffusion
Kokana is the 1,558,593rd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kokana live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kokana is also the 757,758th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 148 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 21 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kokana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kokana in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାକନା | ekakana | 96.97 |
| େକାକନାଇଁ | ekakana'im | 3.03 |
| Kokana in the Marathi language | ||
| कोकना | kokana | 59.09 |
| कोकणा | kokana | 40.91 |
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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 Kokana
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