Across the world, Inoka (Inoka 
) is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom masculine first name. The first name Inoka is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but scarcely masculine name, Kuwait, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom boy's name, and Bahrain, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Sri Lanka, India, and Kuwait. Much less frequently, Inoka is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Inoka | India, Kuwait, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka |
| inoka sathyangani Sri Lankan film director, LK (b. 1901) |
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| inoka rohini Sri Lankan badminton player, LK (b. 1970) |
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| inoka galagedara cricketer, LK (b. 1977) |
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| inoka karunaratne researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1483-9494) |
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| inoka chetiya sahabandu Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 2007 |
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| inoka ranaweera Sri Lankan women's cricketer, LK (b. 1986) |
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