Wokai Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Wokai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wokai (33) may also be a first name.
Wokai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wokai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wokai is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wokai is the 2,944,094th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Wokai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wokai reside; 91 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 91 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,807,719th most widely held given name globally It is held by 33 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 33 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 25 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Wokai
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