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 last name Kohoye is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kohoye is the 917,199th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name Kohoye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kohoye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 183,825. In Tanzania Kohoye is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 3 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Kohoye exists in one country. It also occurs 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
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