Koige Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Koige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Koige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koige occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koige? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Koige occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Koige live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Chimbu, where 17 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 13 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 Koige
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