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
The surname Nyakoi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakoi? popularity and diffusion
Nyakoi is the 855,216th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name Nyakoi 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 widespread given name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 213,796. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent are found, Kisii County, where 39 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 26 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.
Nyakoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion 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
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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 Nyakoi
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