Mosira Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Mosira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 67 | 1:30,337 | 5,743 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mosira (156) may also be a first name.
Mosira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mosira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mosira (Hindi: मोसीरा, Marathi: मोसीरा) is most common in Lesotho. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mosira.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,710,039th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Mosira live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 735,679th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 156 people.
The last name Mosira is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 30,337. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Qacha's Nek District, where 63 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 31 percent reside and Maseru District, where 4 percent reside. Barring Lesotho it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mosira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mosira in the Marathi language | ||
| मोसीरा | mosira | - |
| Mosira in the Hindi language | ||
| मोसीरा | mosira | 63.64 |
| मोसिरा | mosira | 36.36 |
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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 Mosira
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