Konso Surname
Approximately 3,284 people bear this surname
Konso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,633 | 1:23,906 | 3,433 |
| Cameroon | 819 | 1:25,359 | 3,456 |
| DR Congo | 595 | 1:124,167 | 13,438 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 1:1,654,425 | 47,334 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
The alternate forms: Konšo (2) are calculated separately.
Konso (3,618) may also be a first name.
Konso Demographics
Konso Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Konso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Konso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Konso is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Konšo. Click here to see other potential spellings of Konso.
How Common Is The Last Name Konso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,631st most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,219,107 people. The surname Konso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Konso reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,534th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 3,618 people.
The last name Konso is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,633 people, or 1 in 23,906. In Uganda Konso is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 23 percent reside, Luuka District, where 18 percent reside and Namutumba District, where 10 percent reside. Not including Uganda it occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.
Konso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Konso earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.
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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 Konso
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