Nyakoi Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Nyakoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 216 | 1:213,796 | 15,228 |
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Nyakoi (20) may also be a first name.
Nyakoi Demographics
Nyakoi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyakoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyakoi is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyakoi is the 855,216th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyakoi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyakoi is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name in the world, held by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 213,796. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent reside, Kisii County, where 39 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Nyakoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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 Nyakoi
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