Ukoya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ukoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ukoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ukoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ukoya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ukoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Ukoya live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 89 percent live, Abia, where 5 percent live and Kogi, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent live and Uganda, where 14 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
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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 Ukoya
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