Nomsa Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Nomsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 127 | 1:17,220 | 3,386 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nomsa (87,464) may also be a first name.
Nomsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nomsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nomsa occurs in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nomsa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nomsa live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nomsa is also the 11,467th most widespread given name globally, borne by 87,464 people.
The last name Nomsa is most widely held in Botswana, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 17,220. Aside from Botswana this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 36 percent live and England, where 3 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
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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 Nomsa
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