Kokowa Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Kokowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kokowa (44) may also be a first name.
Kokowa Demographics
Average Kokowa Salary in
South Africa
R 249,996
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kokowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kokowa is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,252,959th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kokowa live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name world-wide It is held by 44 people.
The surname Kokowa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria Kokowa is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 87 percent reside, Rivers, where 5 percent reside and Delta, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside.
Kokowa Last Name Statistics demography
Kokowa earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.2% more than the national average, earning R 249,996 per year.
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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 Kokowa
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