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 last name Mosira (Hindi: मोसीरा, Marathi: मोसीरा) is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Mosira are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 735,679th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 156 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 30,337. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Qacha's Nek District, where 63 percent are found, Mafeteng District, where 31 percent are found and Maseru District, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
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
- 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 Mosira
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