Ochoya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Ochoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ochoya (39) may also be a first name.
Ochoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ochoya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Ochoya is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Ochoya reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Ochoya is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found, Edo, where 17 percent are found and Kaduna, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent are found and Benin, where 9 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 Ochoya
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