Kaoseb Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Kaoseb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 75 | 1:32,125 | 4,827 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kaoseb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaoseb Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaoseb occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaoseb? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaoseb live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kaoseb is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 32,125. In Namibia Kaoseb is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 77 percent reside, Hardap Region, where 21 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Namibia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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 Kaoseb
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