Nkosi Surname
Approximately 329,247 people bear this surname
Nkosi Surname User-submission:
Nkosi means a 'king' in IsiZulu.
Nkosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 300,929 | 1:180 | 2 |
| Malawi | 14,560 | 1:1,176 | 99 |
| Angola | 4,338 | 1:6,222 | 843 |
| DR Congo | 4,228 | 1:17,474 | 2,177 |
| Swaziland | 1,718 | 1:756 | 114 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,400 | 1:11,027 | 1,411 |
| Zambia | 488 | 1:32,479 | 3,313 |
| England | 417 | 1:133,616 | 13,153 |
| Tanzania | 364 | 1:145,444 | 13,279 |
| United States | 162 | 1:2,237,401 | 140,088 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Botswana | 143 | 1:15,293 | 2,975 |
| Lesotho | 80 | 1:25,407 | 5,059 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Namibia | 22 | 1:109,518 | 9,023 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
Nkosi (3,219) may also be a first name.
Nkosi Surname Meaning
Nkosi Demographics
Average Nkosi Salary in
United States
$35,280 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nkosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkosi is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkosi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkosi? popularity and diffusion
Nkosi is the 1,665th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,134 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkosi live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nkosi is also the 126,478th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,219 people.
The last name Nkosi is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 300,929 people, or 1 in 180. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 4 percent live and Angola, where 1 percent live.
Nkosi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nkosi surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nkosi earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 33.98% less than the national average, earning R 156,888 per year and in United States they earn 18.24% less than the national average, earning $35,280 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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