Ngosia Surname
Approximately 705 people bear this surname
Ngosia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 664 | 1:69,548 | 6,615 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngosia (275) may also be a first name.
Ngosia Demographics
Ngosia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngosia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngosia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngosia occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngosia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngosia is the 474,683rd most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ngosia reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ngosia is also the 535,844th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 275 people.
The last name Ngosia is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 69,548. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 53 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 23 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 13 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 4 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Ngosia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (94%) 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 Ngosia
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