Nkhoswe Surname
Approximately 1,638 people bear this surname
Nkhoswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,464 | 1:11,693 | 1,806 |
| Zambia | 172 | 1:92,151 | 7,541 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nkhoswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhoswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkhoswe occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhoswe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 243,428th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,449,051 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhoswe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,464 people, or 1 in 11,693. Outside of Malawi Nkhoswe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, 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 Nkhoswe
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