Wokei Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wokei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wokei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wokei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wokei is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Wokei reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Wokei is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 50 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 25 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
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- 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 Wokei
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