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
The surname Nokah (Arabic: نوخ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Nokah is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Nokah live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nokah is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 44 people.
Nokah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Nokah is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 97 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
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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