Jakoya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Jakoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jakoya (15) may also be a first name.
Jakoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jakoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jakoya is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Jakoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jakoya is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jakoya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 15 people.
The surname Jakoya is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Busia County, where 80 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 20 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Jakoya
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