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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokoja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 308,515th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,958,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lokoja live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 555,528th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 257 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,215 people, or 1 in 145,797. In Nigeria Lokoja is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 36 percent are found, Benue, where 15 percent are found and Delta, where 14 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 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 Lokoja
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