Ayoke Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Ayoke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
Ayoke (345) may also be a first name.
Ayoke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayoke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayoke is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayoke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ayoke live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 469,697th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 345 people.
The surname Ayoke is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 228,232. In Cameroon Ayoke is mostly found in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Ayoke
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