Mhosa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mhosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mhosa (8) may also be a first name.
Mhosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mhosa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mhosa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhosa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Mhosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhosa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 8 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 50 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.
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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 Mhosa
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