Imoya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Imoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Imoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Imoya (Russian: Имоя) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Imoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Imoya is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Imoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Imoya reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Imoya is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imoya in the Russian language | ||
| Имоя | imoa | - |
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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 Imoya
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