Cossa Surname
Approximately 363,284 people bear this surname
Cossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 356,577 | 1:76 | 2 |
| South Africa | 2,662 | 1:20,352 | 2,576 |
| Italy | 1,598 | 1:38,271 | 6,888 |
| Brazil | 795 | 1:269,276 | 10,368 |
| United States | 327 | 1:1,108,437 | 80,126 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Argentina | 237 | 1:180,352 | 15,113 |
| Guinea | 150 | 1:78,892 | 797 |
| France | 128 | 1:518,928 | 71,816 |
| Switzerland | 113 | 1:72,681 | 8,609 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Uruguay | 31 | 1:110,702 | 10,617 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Cossa (161) may also be a first name.
Cossa Demographics
Average Cossa Salary in
United States
$58,940 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cossa (Hindi: कोषा) is held by more people in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,472nd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,060 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Cossa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 722,635th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 161 people.
The surname Cossa is most commonly held in Mozambique, where it is carried by 356,577 people, or 1 in 76. Apart from Mozambique Cossa occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.
Cossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cossa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cossa last name grew 962 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cossa surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cossa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 15.08% more than the national average, earning €34,558 per year; in Peru they earn 53.43% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,743 per year; in South Africa they earn 45.74% less than the national average, earning R 128,952 per year; in United States they earn 36.6% more than the national average, earning $58,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.49% less than the national average, earning $45,466 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cossa in the Hindi language | ||
| कोषा | kosa | - |
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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 Cossa
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