Koka
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/koʊkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Koka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 15Kas Kaka(inferred from the name graph)
- EGEgypt≈1 in 29K
- PLPoland1 in 2M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Koka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 named Kaka, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Egypt, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kaka in NG Nigeria, EG Egypt, PK Pakistan and 2 more and Kak in NL Netherlands.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Hunter who attacked a monk; the Buddha relates his story and a tale of a wicked physician.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Koka is read(measured from records)
Koka is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic25%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Koka in Arabic.
- Hindi21%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Koka in Hindi.
- English17%
The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Swahili5.0%
to make fire
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Koka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | Kaka | 22 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Kaka | 30 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 4,352as Kiki | 1 in 4K | 20K | Kak | 7 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Kaka | 26 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Kaka | 8 |
| DZ Algeria | #948 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 14K | listed | Kaka | 10 |
| DK Denmark | — | 237as Kiki | 1 in 25K | 393 | — | — |
| PL Poland | — | 19 | 1 in 2M | 185 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Koka is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pi, Hunter who attacked a monk; the Buddha relates his story and a tale of a wicked physician.
as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)
cuckoo; Ruddy Shelduck (Anas casarca); Wild Date tree (Phoenix sylvestris).
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
In lua, to draw, drag, stretch, pull, trail, suck up, snuff (as tobacco).
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In mnv, to darken wood (as spears) or bleach hair with grated _guna_ (_Morinda_) root and coral lime; to dye red, as hair
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zaho Kokab. 1920ALAlbanian biographer (1920-1944)
- Aristotel Kokab. 1938ALAlbanian archaeologist (1938-)
- Lefter Kokab. 1964ALAlbanian politician
- Masaru Kōkab. 1968JPactor
- Iveta Kokab. 1982LVLatvian ice hockey player
- Ahmed Hassan Mahgoubb. 1993EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player
- Dienov Andres Kokab. 1996CGCongolese swimmer
- Ahmed Nabil Kokab. 2001EGEgyptian association football player
- Zain Khan KokaGovernor of Kabul
- Vivi KokkaGRnot in their usual nameGreek actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 31 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 31 | #68,637 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 26 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 26 | #76,363 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 13 | #33,877 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 9 | #65,904 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Koka come from?
- Hunter who attacked a monk; the Buddha relates his story and a tale of a wicked physician. Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).
- How do you pronounce Koka?
- A machine transcription gives /koʊkə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- What does the name Koka mean?
- In English, The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.
- In which country does Koka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Kaka in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Koka?
- In Poland, the national register counted 19 people named Koka in 2026, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.
- How common is Koka compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Koka is the 948th most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kokaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Koka” — the 948th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.