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
Kikoya occurs most in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikoya? popularity and diffusion
Kikoya is the 1,198,640th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. Kikoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikoya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 262,009. In Uganda Kikoya is most numerous in: Pader District, where 82 percent are found, Kitgum District, where 13 percent are found and Gulu District, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Kikoya
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