Lokoja Surname
Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname
Lokoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,215 | 1:145,797 | 9,277 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lokoja (257) may also be a first name.
Lokoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lokoja is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lokoja.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokoja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lokoja is the 308,515th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,958,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lokoja live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lokoja is also the 555,528th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 257 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,215 people, or 1 in 145,797. In Nigeria Lokoja is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 36 percent reside, Benue, where 15 percent reside and Delta, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Lokoja
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