Awokoya Surname

204,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,028 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awokoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awokoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9341:91,5946,357
England501:1,114,36153,243
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Awokoya (69) may also be a first name.

Awokoya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Awokoya is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Awokoya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awokoya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 204,758th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,593,464 people. Awokoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awokoya reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 69 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,934 people, or 1 in 91,594. In Nigeria Awokoya is most common in: Ogun, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Awokoya Last Name Statistics demography

Awokoya earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.05% more than the national average, earning $65,607 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Owokoya86187/
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Awoukou71742/
Awokojo71131/
Obokoya7118/
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Awokiye713/
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Awokuye713/
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Abokoyi712/
Obukoya712/
Abokiya712/
Owakoya711/
Abokoia711/
Avokaya711/
Abokoja711/
Awekeya711/
Aïwokou711/
Ewokoyo711/
Owokoyo711/
Awokaja711/
Awakeyau6713/
Awekuoye675/
Hawekoye675/
Awaukoha673/
Hawakaya672/
Gouwokoy671/
Aboukaya671/
Awakuoye671/
Ojuakoya671/
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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
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  • 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 Awokoya
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