Mosah Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Mosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mosah (890) may also be a first name.
Mosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mosah (Hindi: मोसाह, Marathi: मोसह) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,447,279th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Mosah is predominantly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Mosah are found; 38 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mosah is also the 272,424th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 890 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Mosah is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 36 percent live, Northwest Region, where 36 percent live and Southwest Region, where 29 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mosah in the Marathi language | ||
| मोसह | mosaha | - |
| Mosah in the Hindi language | ||
| मोसाह | mosaha | 50 |
| मोशहा | mosaha | 50 |
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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 Mosah
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