Nokwaka Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Nokwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Nokwaka (1,163) may also be a first name.
Nokwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nokwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nokwaka is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokwaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nokwaka is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Nokwaka reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nokwaka is also the 232,985th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 1,163 people.
The surname Nokwaka is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Nokwaka is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nokwakha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Noqwaka | 86 | 146 | / |
| Nocwaka | 86 | 13 | / |
| Nokwaqa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nakwaka | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nokwaca | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nakwaska | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nakhwaka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nagwaka | 71 | 59 | / |
| Nakwaki | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nakwake | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nakweka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nogwaqa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakwako | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakwaski | 67 | 110 | / |
| Nakwacki | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nongcwaca | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nokuace | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nagwaki | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nagbaka | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nugbaka | 57 | 1 | / |
| Naguoka | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Nokwaka
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