Koyis Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Koyis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Koyis (44) may also be a first name.
Koyis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koyis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koyis (Russian: Койис) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koyis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koyis is the 3,485,539th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Koyis occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Koyis reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koyis is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Koyis is primarily found in: Borno, where 83 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koyis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koyis in the Russian language | ||
| Койис | kojis | - |
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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 Koyis
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