Koroya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Koroya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Koroya (16) may also be a first name.
Koroya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koroya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koroya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koroya? popularity and diffusion
Koroya is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Koroya reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koroya is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Koroya is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live and India, where 14 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 Koroya
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