Kikoya Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Kikoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 149 | 1:262,009 | 19,164 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kikoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kikoya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kikoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kikoya is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikoya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Kikoya is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 262,009. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Pader District, where 82 percent are found, Kitgum District, where 13 percent are found and Gulu District, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 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 Kikoya
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