Mkosu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Mkosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Mkosu (10) may also be a first name.
Mkosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkosu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkosu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Mkosu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkosu live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mkosu is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 72 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 28 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 15 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
- 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 Mkosu
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