Ikoye Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Ikoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ikoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikoye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. Ikoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ikoye reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 36 percent are found, Kogi, where 25 percent are found and Edo, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Ikoye
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