Sikoye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sikoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sikoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikoye has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sikoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikoye? popularity and diffusion
Sikoye is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Sikoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikoye live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Sikoye is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 33 percent live, Kakamega County, where 33 percent live and Vihiga County, where 33 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
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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 Sikoye
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