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
The last name Ngosia occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngosia.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngosia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 474,683rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ngosia are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 535,844th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 275 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 69,548. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 53 percent live, Bungoma County, where 23 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 13 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Ngosia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ngosia last name is principally 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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