Kokye Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kokye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kokye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kokye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kokye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kokye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kokye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Kokye is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kokye live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kokye is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kibuku District, where 30 percent are found, Budaka District, where 20 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Kokye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mongolia, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Kokye
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