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 is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wokie.
How Common Is The Last Name Wokie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wokie reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,974th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 585 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Wokie is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 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
- 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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