Cosmas Surname
Approximately 64,594 people bear this surname
Cosmas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 52,000 | 1:1,018 | 131 |
| Malawi | 6,300 | 1:2,717 | 337 |
| Nigeria | 2,571 | 1:68,900 | 4,998 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Kenya | 927 | 1:49,817 | 5,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 373 | 1:21,860 | 2,350 |
| United States | 352 | 1:1,029,713 | 75,652 |
| Malaysia | 189 | 1:156,054 | 9,695 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Cyprus | 57 | 1:15,524 | 1,774 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Namibia | 7 | 1:344,200 | 10,409 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Cosmas (154,407) may also be a first name.
Cosmas Demographics
Cosmas Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cosmas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cosmas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cosmas (Marathi: कॉसमस, Oriya: କସମାସ) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cosmas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,784th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 112,821 people. The surname Cosmas occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Cosmas live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Cosmas is also the 6,799th most common first name in the world It is held by 154,407 people.
Cosmas is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 52,000 people, or 1 in 1,018. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 11 percent are found, Geita Region, where 11 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 49 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Cosmas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Cosmas surname are 12.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.89% being registered with the party.
The amount Cosmas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 24.02% less than the national average, earning R 180,564 per year and in United States they earn 26.31% more than the national average, earning $54,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cosmas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmas in the Oriya language | ||
| କସମାସ | kasamasa | - |
| Cosmas in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉसमस | kosamasa | 58.33 |
| मस | masa | 16.67 |
| कोसमास | kosamasa | 16.67 |
| मास | masa | 8.33 |
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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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- 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 Cosmas
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