Kokao Surname
Approximately 871 people bear this surname
Kokao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 763 | 1:42,140 | 1,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91 | 1:89,601 | 11,921 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Kokao (3,174) may also be a first name.
Kokao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kokao (Marathi: कोकाओ, Russian: Кокао) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kokao.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kokao is the 402,870th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,366,872 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kokao are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Kokao is also the 127,571st most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 3,174 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 42,140. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Helmand, where 49 percent are found, Urozgan, where 20 percent are found and Kandahar, where 16 percent are found. Besides Afghanistan this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kokao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kokao in the Marathi language | ||
| कोकाओ | koka'o | - |
| Kokao in the Russian language | ||
| Кокао | kokao | - |
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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 Kokao
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