Nkossi Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Nkossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Congo | 12 | 1:415,758 | 10,462 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nkossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkossi is more commonly found in Angola than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkossi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Nkossi reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 43 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
The last name Nkossi is most frequently used in Angola, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,686,826. Apart from Angola it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 32 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.
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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
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