Mukoshi Surname
Approximately 1,222 people bear this surname
Mukoshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 900 | 1:51,311 | 5,191 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Zambia | 67 | 1:236,566 | 14,543 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Mukoshi (152) may also be a first name.
Mukoshi Demographics
Mukoshi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mukoshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukoshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mukoshi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mukoshi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukoshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mukoshi is the 308,737th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,963,622 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukoshi reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 152 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 900 people, or 1 in 51,311. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 75 percent live, Nairobi County, where 18 percent live and Bungoma County, where 6 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.
Mukoshi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mukoshi
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