Vouka Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Vouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 672 | 1:7,424 | 1,129 |
| Ivory Coast | 89 | 1:259,227 | 10,202 |
| Greece | 58 | 1:191,031 | 30,451 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Vouka (74) may also be a first name.
Vouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vouka (Russian: Воука) occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vouka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vouka is the 403,243rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. The surname Vouka occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Vouka live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent forename internationally, held by 74 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is carried by 672 people, or 1 in 7,424. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Pool Department, where 57 percent live, Pointe-Noire Department, where 21 percent live and Brazzaville Department, where 21 percent live. Aside from The Congo Vouka is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent live and Greece, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vouka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vouka in the Russian language | ||
| Воука | vouka | - |
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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 Vouka
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