Nkoswe Surname
Approximately 2,430 people bear this surname
Nkoswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,300 | 1:23,018 | 2,839 |
| Zambia | 119 | 1:133,193 | 9,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Nkoswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkoswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkoswe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoswe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 176,164th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,998,990 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoswe live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,300 people, or 1 in 23,018. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 65 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 16 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 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
- 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 Nkoswe
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