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 occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wokai is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wokai live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wokai is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 33 people.
The surname Wokai is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea Wokai is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 33 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 25 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 15 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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