Shokaya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shokaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Shokaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokaya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shokaya is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Shokaya is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Shokaya are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Ogun, where 33 percent are found and Oyo, where 33 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 10 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 Shokaya
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