Mboshe Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Mboshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mboshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mboshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mboshe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mboshe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mboshe live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 312,026. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 91 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 6 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Mboshe
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