Koiya Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Koiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 237 | 1:34,404 | 4,044 |
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koiya (283) may also be a first name.
Koiya Demographics
Koiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Koiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koiya (Hindi: कोइया, Marathi: कोईया) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Koiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 614,324th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. Koiya occurs mostly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Koiya are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 526,385th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 283 people.
The surname Koiya is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 34,404. In Papua New Guinea Koiya is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 30 percent reside, West Sepik, where 16 percent reside and Hela, where 10 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and India, where 15 percent reside.
Koiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Koiya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कोईया | ko'iya | - |
| Koiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कोइया | ko'iya | 80.56 |
| कोईया | ko'iya | 16.67 |
| केईया | ke'iya | 2.78 |
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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 Koiya
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