Okoyi Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Okoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| Congo | 85 | 1:58,695 | 5,228 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Okoyi (28) may also be a first name.
Okoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoyi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 694,796th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The last name Okoyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoyi reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoyi is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The last name Okoyi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria Okoyi is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Okoyi
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