Mosenye Surname

306,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mosenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mosenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6261:3,247560
South Africa5091:106,43912,833
Kenya511:905,48833,171
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mosenye (71) may also be a first name.

Mosenye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mosenye occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosenye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 306,393rd most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,905,629 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mosenye reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mosenye is also the 1,152,838th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 71 people.

The surname Mosenye is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 626 people, or 1 in 3,247. In Lesotho Mosenye is most prevalent in: Qacha's Nek District, where 47 percent are found, Maseru District, where 29 percent are found and Thaba-Tseka District, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 41 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.

Mosenye Last Name Statistics demography

Mosenye earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.89% less than the national average, earning R 133,332 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 Mosenye
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