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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkosu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Mkosu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkosu are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename in the world, held by 10 people.
The last name Mkosu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 72 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 28 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
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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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