Ikosa Surname
Approximately 1,313 people bear this surname
Ikosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,067 | 1:69,240 | 8,138 |
| Nigeria | 131 | 1:1,352,235 | 53,045 |
| Namibia | 95 | 1:25,362 | 4,096 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ikosa (158) may also be a first name.
Ikosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ikosa (Hindi: इकोसा) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ikosa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 291,409th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,550,302 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikosa live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ikosa is also the 730,165th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 158 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,067 people, or 1 in 69,240. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Namibia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikosa in the Hindi language | ||
| इकोसा | ikosa | - |
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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 Ikosa
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