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
Lokoya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 712,393rd most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,731,255 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lokoya are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lokoya is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Lokoya is most frequent in: Lamwo District, where 35 percent are found, Kitgum District, where 28 percent are found and Kotido District, where 19 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and India, where 4 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 Lokoya
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