Shokoya Surname
Approximately 1,486 people bear this surname
Shokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,400 | 1:126,531 | 8,279 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shokoya (48) may also be a first name.
Shokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokoya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 263,596th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,904,136 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shokoya are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 48 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,400 people, or 1 in 126,531. In Nigeria Shokoya is primarily found in: Lagos, where 49 percent reside, Ogun, where 38 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Shokoya exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 1 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
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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 Shokoya
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