Ikoja Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Ikoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 281 | 1:630,401 | 29,827 |
| Uganda | 89 | 1:438,644 | 26,475 |
Ikoja (114) may also be a first name.
Ikoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikoja is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikoja? popularity and diffusion
Ikoja is the 769,129th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. Ikoja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikoja reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 114 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 630,401. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 38 percent reside, Kogi, where 26 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent reside.
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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 Ikoja
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