Agoyi Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Agoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 395 | 1:448,463 | 22,923 |
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Agoyi (241) may also be a first name.
Agoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agoyi occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Agoyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agoyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 581,222nd most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The last name Agoyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agoyi are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agoyi is also the 575,894th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 241 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 395 people, or 1 in 448,463. In Nigeria Agoyi is most common in: Kogi, where 45 percent live, Ondo, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Benin, where 11 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 Agoyi
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