Mokah Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Mokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mokah (37) may also be a first name.
Mokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mokah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻛﺎﻩ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mokah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mokah is the 2,255,512th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mokah live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 37 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 33 percent reside, Ogun, where 24 percent reside and Kaduna, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mokah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻛﺎﻩ | mwkah | 66.67 |
| ﻣﻜﺎﻩ | mkah | 33.33 |
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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 Mokah
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