Bokosa Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Bokosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 752 | 1:98,244 | 11,070 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Bokosa (35) may also be a first name.
Bokosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bokosa is found most in The DR Congo. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bokosa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bokosa is the 420,074th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. Bokosa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bokosa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bokosa is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 752 people, or 1 in 98,244. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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
- 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 Bokosa
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