Kipkosgey Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipkosgey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kipkosgey Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3981:116,0309,816
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Kipkosgey (136) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kipkosgey Demographics

Kipkosgey Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 14 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kipkosgey Last Name Facts

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

Kipkosgey is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipkosgey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kipkosgey is the 727,600th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipkosgey are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 794,286th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 136 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 116,030. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nandi County, where 70 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 21 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Kipkosgey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kipkosgey surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipkosge9412/
Kipkogey9411/
Kipkosgei8924,607/
Kipkoge887/
Kipkogei8213,878/
Kipkosei821/
Kipkoxgei781/
Kipkasei711/
Chepkoskgey701/
Chepkogey676/
Kipkasi63148/
Kipkazi50560/
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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 Kipkosgey
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