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
The surname Wokei is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Wokei live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Wokei is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 50 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 25 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
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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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