Namoyi Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Namoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Namoyi (12) may also be a first name.
Namoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namoyi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namoyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namoyi is the 2,580,327th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namoyi are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Namoyi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Namoyi is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 96 percent reside, Jigawa, where 2 percent reside and Sokoto, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Namoyi
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