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 more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jakoya is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jakoya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name Jakoya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Jakoya is primarily concentrated in: Busia County, where 80 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 20 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name occurs 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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