Nokoe Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Nokoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Nokoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nokoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nokoe is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nokoe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nokoe is the 895,817th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nokoe are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Without taking into account Ghana it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nokoe
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