Koroka Surname
Approximately 587 people bear this surname
Koroka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 320 | 1:25,480 | 2,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 106 | 1:145,644 | 18,674 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Koroka (182) may also be a first name.
Koroka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koroka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koroka (Russian: Корока) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koroka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 545,543rd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Koroka live; 55 percent live in Oceania Islands and 55 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 675,152nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 182 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 320 people, or 1 in 25,480. In Papua New Guinea Koroka is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 57 percent live, Jiwaka, where 29 percent live and Central, where 8 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koroka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koroka in the Russian language | ||
| Корока | koroka | - |
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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 Koroka
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