Nkosya Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Nkosya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 364 | 1:145,444 | 13,279 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nkosya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkosya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkosya is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkosya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkosya is the 772,238th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkosya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkosya is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 145,444. In Tanzania Nkosya is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 37 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Nkosya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nkosya
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