Nkosana Surname

125,679th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Nkosana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkosana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,7191:19,9262,519
Zimbabwe5701:27,0854,163
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Botswana1211:18,0743,590
Zambia321:495,31022,215
England241:2,321,58686,519
Lesotho191:106,97711,319
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkosana (16,697) may also be a first name.

Nkosana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nkosana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nkosana is most common in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkosana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkosana is the 125,679th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,013,134 people. The surname Nkosana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkosana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 43,084th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 16,697 people.

The surname Nkosana is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,719 people, or 1 in 19,926. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.

Nkosana Last Name Statistics demography

Nkosana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.6% less than the national average, earning R 119,772 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 Nkosana
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