Nkosi

From Ngoni; compare Zulu ínkôsi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈᵑkó.si/

Nkósi

1. a surname from Ngoni

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nkosi was the 75th most common surname in Malawi (18 582 persons = 0.1 percent of the population) and the c. 1508th most common surname in Zambia (1 205 persons).

From ínkôsi (“chief, king”).

• IPA^(key): /nkôːsi/

Nkôsi

1. a surname

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nkosi was the 22nd most common surname in South Africa (127 390 persons = 0.2 percent of the population).

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-khosi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khosi (2.3-8.9)”