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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nokya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Nokya live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nokya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

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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