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
The surname Nkosya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkosya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 772,238th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Nkosya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkosya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 145,444. In Tanzania Nkosya is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent live, Njombe Region, where 37 percent live and Iringa Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nkosya
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