Nkoye Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Nkoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nkoye (129) may also be a first name.
Nkoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkoye occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. Nkoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nkoye live; 39 percent live in Central Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 129 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 21 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Nkoye
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