Mosanya Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mosanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mosanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria891:1,990,36870,088
South Africa581:934,09859,404
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England201:2,785,90397,972
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
United States71:51,779,848968,877
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Mosanya (10) may also be a first name.

Mosanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mosanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mosanya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mosanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosanya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Mosanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Mosanya reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

The last name Mosanya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 64 percent live, Enugu, where 17 percent live and Ogun, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Mosanya is found in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.

Mosanya Last Name Statistics demography

Mosanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.86% less than the national average, earning R 59,736 per year.

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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 Mosanya
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