Nokya Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nokya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nokya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
India431:17,838,730274,051
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nokya (15) may also be a first name.

Nokya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nokya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nokya (Marathi: नोक्या) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nokya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nokya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nokya is the 1,765,740th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Nokya are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nokya is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Nokya is most common in: Taraba, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 40 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngokya911/
Nokaiya831/
Ngokyaa831/
Nakya801,750/
Nokia801,734/
Nokja8032/
Nekya8016/
Nookayya7734/
Ngookyaa774/
Nokaiyah771/
Ngokia7371/
Nekyha7370/
Nokiah7365/
Nokyoo7340/
Nookea7334/
Nokyot7323/
Nakhya7314/
Ngakya7313/
Nokiat738/
Nokhia734/
Nokyos734/
Nakkya733/
Nokeao732/
Nookia732/
Noukia732/
Nokeha731/
Naakya731/
Nokiea731/
Nokjoy731/
Nokyod731/
Nakyayi6763/
Nakaaya6736/
Nokkeao675/
Nakaiya672/
Nakayya672/
Nakeyia672/
Nokkiah671/
Nakuyya671/
Nakijya671/
Nakeiya671/

Nokya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nokya in the Marathi language
नोक्याnokya-

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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 Nokya
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