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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wokei is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Wokei is predominantly 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 held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Wokei is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 50 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 25 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
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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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