Kokefa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kokefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kokefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Kokefa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kokefa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kokefa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kokefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Kokefa live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Kokefa is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kekefa8323/
Kokofa8315/
Kakefa831/
Kokefe831/
Kokofai7713/
Ckakefa771/
Kookefee710/
Kakafa6715/
Kokafo6714/
Kokofo6713/
Kacofa671/
Kockoefei671/

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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 Kokefa
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