Wocha Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Wocha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wocha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wocha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wocha is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wocha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Wocha live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria Wocha is most common in: Rivers, where 84 percent are found, Cross River, where 11 percent are found and Benue, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Wocha occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Poland, where 8 percent are found.
Wocha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wocha has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wocha surname contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Wocha
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