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) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cosmas.
How Common Is The Last Name Cosmas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,784th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 112,821 people. Cosmas is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Cosmas are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 6,799th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 154,407 people.
The surname Cosmas is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 52,000 people, or 1 in 1,018. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 11 percent live, Geita Region, where 11 percent live and Kagera Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Tanzania Cosmas is found in 49 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Cosmas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Cosmas 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 US average, with 58.89% registered to vote for 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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- 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 Cosmas
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