Kgosinkwe Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kgosinkwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kgosinkwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1341:404,31135,545
Botswana551:39,7627,636

Kgosinkwe (53) may also be a first name.

Kgosinkwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kgosinkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kgosinkwe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kgosinkwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Kgosinkwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kgosinkwe is the 1,231,034th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. Kgosinkwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kgosinkwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kgosinkwe is also the 1,366,219th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 53 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 404,311. In South Africa Kgosinkwe is primarily found in: North West, where 73 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 29 percent live.

Kgosinkwe Last Name Statistics demography

Kgosinkwe earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.65% more than the national average, earning R 338,988 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gosinkwe941/
Kgosienngwe8083/
Gusingwe711/
Gaesenkwe674/
Ghesenkwe673/
Gashingwe671/
Ngossingue6312/
Gasingwa598/
Gusengwe592/
Gaesenngwe5345/
Ngossengue533/
Goudjingue531/

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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 Kgosinkwe
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