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 is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kosgey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosgey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kosgey is the 109,006th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,707,085 people. Kosgey is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kosgey reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kosgey is also the 487,350th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 324 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 4,248 people, or 1 in 10,871. In Kenya Kosgey is mostly found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 21 percent reside, Nandi County, where 18 percent reside and Kericho County, where 9 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Kosgey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kosgey surname is predominantly 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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