Nkoroi Surname
Approximately 685 people bear this surname
Nkoroi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 671 | 1:68,823 | 6,564 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Nkoroi (13) may also be a first name.
Nkoroi Demographics
Nkoroi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nkoroi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkoroi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkoroi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoroi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 485,250th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoroi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 68,823. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Meru County, where 54 percent reside, Tharaka Nithi County, where 29 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Nkoroi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nkoroi last name is principally Christian (100%) 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 Nkoroi
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