Nkosini Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkosini Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkosini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkosini (660) may also be a first name.

Nkosini Last Name Facts

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

Nkosini is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkosini? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,020,555th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. Nkosini is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkosini live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 323,152nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 660 people.

The last name Nkosini is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 637,385. In South Africa Nkosini is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 39 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 32 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Nkosini Last Name Statistics demography

Nkosini earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.25% less than the national average, earning R 80,208 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
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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 Nkosini
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