Moka
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Le port d’Al-Mokhâ, sur la mer Rouge, au Yémen, a toujours été réputé pour la qualité de son café
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈmoʊkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Moka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 515K(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 60K
- PGPapua New Guinea≈1 in 65K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 60 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 60K (inferred from the name graph)
2,574 people
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Le port d’Al-Mokhâ, sur la mer Rouge, au Yémen, a toujours été réputé pour la qualité de son café. C’était de là que partait le café d’Arabie. Le nom se donne non seulement au café mais aussi à une liqueur appelée crème moka et à un gâteau dont la crème au beurre est parfumée au café.
Sources 1
- 2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moka 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 2,574 | 1 in 515K | 2.6K | Moka | 60 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 442K | listed | — | — |
| FR France | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 400K | 14 | — | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 65K | 9 | — | — |
| US United States | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3M | — | Moka | 41 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Moka | 5 |
| HR Croatia | 21 | 1 in 201K | 21 | — | — |
2,574 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). 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)
Moka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Finnish, blunder, gaffe, bad
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, to dig, to delve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, mocha (drink)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A moka pot.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, scornful
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Moka Morab. 1992USAmerican pornographic actress
- Moka Hashimotob. 1998JPJapanese model, idol and former gravure idol
- Moka Kamishiraishib. 2000JPJapanese actress, talent, singer and radio personality (2000-)
- mocab. 2001JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer and model
- Moka Hinatab. 2001JPJapanese voice actress
- Moka Fujiib. 2004JPJapanese artistic swimmer
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 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 7.2K | #335 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 2.6K | #2,594 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 21 | #22,308 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 9 | #27 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- How do you pronounce Moka?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmoʊkə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- What does the name Moka mean?
- Recorded meaning: Le port d’Al-Mokhâ, sur la mer Rouge, au Yémen, a toujours été réputé pour la qualité de son café.
- In which country does Moka have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Moka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moka.
- How common is the name Moka?
- In India, the national register counted 2,574 people named Moka, about 1 in 515 thousand residents.
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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, “Moka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.