Ahoya Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Ahoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 171 | 1:60,442 | 7,466 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ahoya (60) may also be a first name.
Ahoya Demographics
Ahoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ahoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahoya occurs most in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 739,868th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ahoya reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 60 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 60,442. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 48 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 22 percent are found. Not including Benin Ahoya occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 32 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found.
Ahoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ahoya surname is chiefly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
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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 Ahoya
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