Balosha Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Balosha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Balosha (12) may also be a first name.
Balosha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balosha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balosha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balosha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Balosha is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Balosha is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Balosha live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,647,081. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 45 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 45 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 9 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 Balosha
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