Wokia Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wokia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wokia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wokia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wokia is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Wokia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wokia are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Wokia is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 82 percent reside, Morobe, where 9 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuokia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wokiah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Woskia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wokoyia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakia | 80 | 673 | / |
| Vokia | 80 | 32 | / |
| Wekia | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wukia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakiah | 73 | 1,236 | / |
| Voukia | 73 | 50 | / |
| Wokeah | 73 | 38 | / |
| Wakija | 73 | 30 | / |
| Wekiah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wakiha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wukias | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bokjia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakhia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voukias | 67 | 130 | / |
| Waskiay | 67 | 8 | / |
| Watkias | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wakaiya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wekayia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woukyap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhkia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouchia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakaija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boukhia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wackias | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wokia
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