Nokah Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Nokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
Nokah (44) may also be a first name.
Nokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nokah (Arabic: نوخ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nokah is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Nokah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 44 people.
The last name Nokah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 97 percent live and Ebonyi, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nokah in the Arabic language | ||
| نوخ | nwkh | - |
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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 Nokah
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