Kokoye Surname
Approximately 944 people bear this surname
Kokoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 641 | 1:16,124 | 2,177 |
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
The alternate forms: Kokoyè (1) & Kokoyé (1) are calculated separately.
Kokoye (35) may also be a first name.
Kokoye Demographics
Average Kokoye Salary in
United States
$27,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kokoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kokoye is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kokoyè or Kokoyé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kokoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 378,348th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,719,858 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kokoye live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name Kokoye is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 16,124. In Benin Kokoye is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 65 percent live, Littoral Department, where 29 percent live and Zou Department, where 2 percent live. Outside of Benin it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Kokoye Last Name Statistics demography
Kokoye earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.
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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 Kokoye
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