Nokoye Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Nokoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 587 | 1:130,805 | 11,942 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Nokoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nokoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nokoye is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nokoye is the 539,451st most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Nokoye live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
It is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 587 people, or 1 in 130,805. In Iran Nokoye is most common in: Isfahan Province, where 40 percent are found, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 9 percent are found and Semnan Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Iran Nokoye exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nokoye
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