Nkosa Surname
Approximately 1,175 people bear this surname
Nkosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 588 | 1:125,646 | 13,565 |
| Zimbabwe | 209 | 1:73,867 | 10,930 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Tanzania | 111 | 1:476,951 | 32,497 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Nkosa (101) may also be a first name.
Nkosa Demographics
Average Nkosa Salary in
South Africa
R 95,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkosa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkosa is the 318,494th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,202,167 people. The last name Nkosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkosa reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most numerous forename internationally It is held by 101 people.
The surname Nkosa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 588 people, or 1 in 125,646. Apart from The DR Congo Nkosa occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Malawi, where 11 percent reside.
Nkosa Last Name Statistics demography
Nkosa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.77% less than the national average, earning R 95,604 per year.
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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 Nkosa
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