Okoya Surname
Approximately 4,847 people bear this surname
Okoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,049 | 1:19,053 | 2,850 |
| Nigeria | 1,819 | 1:97,385 | 6,655 |
| Benin | 399 | 1:25,904 | 3,472 |
| Congo | 361 | 1:13,820 | 1,744 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| United States | 49 | 1:7,397,121 | 336,459 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Okoya (255) may also be a first name.
Okoya Demographics
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Okoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okoya is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okoya is the 97,870th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,503,517 people. The surname Okoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okoya reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 557,860th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 255 people.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,049 people, or 1 in 19,053. In Uganda Okoya is most common in: Amuru District, where 29 percent are found, Gulu District, where 24 percent are found and Nwoya District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Okoya exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Okoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Okoya surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
Okoya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 USD per year.
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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 Okoya
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