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 last name Ikoya (Russian: Икойа) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikoya is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name 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.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 57 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Edo, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Ikoya occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
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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