Kokoyi Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Kokoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 184 | 1:962,732 | 41,060 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kokoyi (37) may also be a first name.
Kokoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kokoyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kokoyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokoyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kokoyi is the 679,794th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. The last name Kokoyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kokoyi are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kokoyi is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 37 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 962,732. In Nigeria Kokoyi is primarily found in: Ogun, where 72 percent live, Lagos, where 27 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
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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 Kokoyi
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