Wokie Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Wokie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wokie (585) may also be a first name.
Wokie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wokie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wokie occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wokie live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,974th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 585 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 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
- 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 Wokie
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