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
Nomsa has its highest incidence in Botswana. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nomsa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,092,155th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name Nomsa is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nomsa reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nomsa is also the 11,467th most numerous forename globally, borne by 87,464 people.
It is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 17,220. Outside of Botswana Nomsa occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 36 percent are found and England, where 3 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
- 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 Nomsa
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