Tokana Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Tokana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tokana (57) may also be a first name.
Tokana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tokana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tokana (Arabic: طوقانه, Oriya: େଟାକନା) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tokana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,860,621st most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Tokana reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 57 people.
Tokana is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: National Capital District, where 83 percent live, Central, where 6 percent live and Bougainville, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Tokana occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Lesotho, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tokana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tokana in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟାକନା | etakana | - |
| Tokana in the Arabic language | ||
| طوقانه | twqanh | - |
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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 Tokana
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