Nakoya Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Nakoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Japan | 26 | 1:4,917,088 | 38,984 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakoya (172) may also be a first name.
Nakoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakoya is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nakoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nakoya is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Nakoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Nakoya reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Mande Africa. Nakoya is also the 696,764th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 172 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 591,570. In The Ivory Coast Nakoya is mostly concentrated in: Woroba District, where 85 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent live and Vallée du Bandama District, where 3 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent live and Japan, where 23 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 Nakoya
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