Nangosi Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Nangosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 281 | 1:138,930 | 12,586 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
Nangosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nangosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nangosi is most common in Uganda. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nangosi? popularity and diffusion
Nangosi is the 910,497th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nangosi live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 138,930. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Bududa District, where 67 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 16 percent are found and Mbale District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, 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
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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 Nangosi
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