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
The surname Nekoye is found most in Iran. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nekoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nekoye is the 88,376th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,340,855 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Nekoye live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 251,702nd most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 1,018 people.
The surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 4,049 people, or 1 in 18,963. In Iran it is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 15 percent are found, Kerman Province, where 13 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Iran it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 24 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Nekoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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