Ikoya Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Ikoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ikoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikoya (Russian: Икойа) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Ikoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikoya live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Edo, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ikoya exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikoya in the Russian language | ||
| Икойа | ikoja | - |
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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 Ikoya
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