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
The last name Koroka (Russian: Корока) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koroka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 545,543rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. The last name Koroka occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 55 percent of Koroka reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Koroka is also the 675,152nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 182 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 25,480. In Papua New Guinea Koroka is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 57 percent live, Jiwaka, where 29 percent live and Central, where 8 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common 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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