Namikoye Surname
Approximately 705 people bear this surname
Namikoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 635 | 1:72,724 | 6,840 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
Namikoye (449) may also be a first name.
Namikoye Demographics
Namikoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namikoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namikoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namikoye is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Namikoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Namikoye? popularity and diffusion
Namikoye is the 474,683rd most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. The surname Namikoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namikoye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 403,949th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 449 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 635 people, or 1 in 72,724. In Kenya Namikoye is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 49 percent live, Kakamega County, where 33 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent live.
Namikoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namukoye | 88 | 233 | / |
| Nemikoye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namikoues | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namikay | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nomikoy | 80 | 6 | / |
| Namikou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namikae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namukoyo | 75 | 351 | / |
| Namukuye | 75 | 345 | / |
| Namukoya | 75 | 115 | / |
| Namukoyi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Namukaye | 75 | 3 | / |
| Namukowe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namikaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namukiye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namukoje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namukhoyo | 71 | 131 | / |
| Namukooyo | 71 | 40 | / |
| Namukuuye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namaikaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nomikou | 67 | 1,980 | / |
| Namicay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namikai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namukea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namukay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namikui | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Namikoye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis