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 more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokai? popularity and diffusion
Wokai is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Wokai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wokai are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wokai is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 33 people.
The surname Wokai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western, where 33 percent live, Jiwaka, where 25 percent live and Western Highlands, where 15 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Wokai occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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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