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
The surname Ikoya (Russian: Икойа) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,353,468th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. Ikoya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ikoya are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Ikoya is primarily found in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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
- 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 Ikoya
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