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
Mosira (Hindi: मोसीरा, Marathi: मोसीरा) occurs most in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Mosira is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mosira live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mosira is also the 735,679th most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 156 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 30,337. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Qacha's Nek District, where 63 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 31 percent reside and Maseru District, where 4 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this surname 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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