Koiye Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Koiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 183 | 1:289,298 | 22,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1:107,286 | 14,507 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Koiye (35) may also be a first name.
Koiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻱ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 973,426th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Koiye reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.
Koiye is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 289,298. In Tanzania Koiye is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Koiye exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻱ | akwy | - |
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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 Koiye
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