Mwakosya Surname
Approximately 1,072 people bear this surname
Mwakosya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,070 | 1:49,478 | 5,518 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
Mwakosya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakosya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakosya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwakosya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakosya? popularity and diffusion
Mwakosya is the 342,318th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,798,084 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakosya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,070 people, or 1 in 49,478. In Tanzania Mwakosya is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 61 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Mwakosya occurs in one country. It is also common in The British Virgin Islands, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwakosya
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