Woka Surname
Approximately 1,522 people bear this surname
Woka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 591 | 1:299,734 | 16,750 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 1:924,820 | 68,783 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Woka (209) may also be a first name.
Woka Demographics
Average Woka Salary in
South Africa
R 261,132
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Woka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Woka is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 258,507th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,788,138 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Woka are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Woka is also the 625,736th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 209 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 591 people, or 1 in 299,734. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 90 percent live, Bayelsa, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Woka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Woka earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.89% more than the national average, earning R 261,132 per year.
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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 Woka
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