Lokoya Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
Lokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lokoya (35) may also be a first name.
Lokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lokoya is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Lokoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 712,393rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. Lokoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lokoya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 35 people.
Lokoya is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Lamwo District, where 35 percent live, Kitgum District, where 28 percent live and Kotido District, where 19 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and India, where 4 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 Lokoya
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