Kohoye Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Kohoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 288 | 1:183,825 | 15,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kohoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kohoye is most common in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kohoye is the 917,199th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kohoye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Kohoye is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 183,825. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 3 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 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 Kohoye
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