Bakoshi Surname
Approximately 776 people bear this surname
Bakoshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 742 | 1:238,737 | 13,870 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
Bakoshi (116) may also be a first name.
Bakoshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakoshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakoshi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bakoshi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakoshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakoshi is the 440,964th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,391,167 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bakoshi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most common first name at a global level, held by 116 people.
The surname Bakoshi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 742 people, or 1 in 238,737. In Nigeria Bakoshi is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 33 percent are found, Bauchi, where 16 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 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 Bakoshi
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