Vokah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Vokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Vokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vokah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻜﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vokah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Vokah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vokah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
Vokah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vokah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻜﺎﻩ | fkah | - |
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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 Vokah
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