Ingosi Surname
Approximately 4,403 people bear this surname
Ingosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,333 | 1:10,658 | 1,350 |
| Tanzania | 48 | 1:1,102,950 | 46,388 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ingosi (819) may also be a first name.
Ingosi Demographics
Ingosi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ingosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ingosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ingosi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ingosi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 106,208th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,655,132 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ingosi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 285,591st most common first name throughout the world, borne by 819 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 4,333 people, or 1 in 10,658. In Kenya Ingosi is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Vihiga County, where 8 percent live. Not including Kenya it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Ingosi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ingosi
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