Kokwo Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Kokwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 229 | 1:201,659 | 14,674 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Kokwo (146) may also be a first name.
Kokwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kokwo occurs most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kokwo is the 828,895th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kokwo live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 763,528th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 146 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 201,659. In Kenya it is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 76 percent are found, Baringo County, where 20 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 4 percent are found. Not including Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Kokwo
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