Nekoye Surname
Approximately 5,435 people bear this surname
Nekoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4,049 | 1:18,963 | 2,433 |
| Kenya | 1,324 | 1:34,879 | 3,777 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
Nekoye (1,018) may also be a first name.
Nekoye Demographics
Nekoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nekoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nekoye is most common in Iran. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 88,376th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,340,855 people. The last name Nekoye occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Nekoye are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 251,702nd most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 1,018 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 4,049 people, or 1 in 18,963. In Iran Nekoye is primarily found in: Fars Province, where 15 percent live, Kerman Province, where 13 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Nekoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (98%) in Kenya.
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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 Nekoye
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