Kosgey Surname
Approximately 4,269 people bear this surname
Kosgey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,248 | 1:10,871 | 1,374 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Kosgey (324) may also be a first name.
Kosgey Demographics
Kosgey Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kosgey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosgey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosgey occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kosgey.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosgey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 109,006th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,707,085 people. Kosgey occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kosgey live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 487,350th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 324 people.
The last name Kosgey is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 4,248 people, or 1 in 10,871. In Kenya Kosgey is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 21 percent live, Nandi County, where 18 percent live and Kericho County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Kosgey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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 Kosgey
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