Cossie Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Cossie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 238 | 1:227,637 | 23,639 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Cossié (1) are calculated separately.
Cossie (132) may also be a first name.
Cossie Demographics
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Cossie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cossie occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Cossié. For other potential spellings of Cossie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 767,694th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Cossie reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Cossie is also the 807,735th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 132 people.
Cossie is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 227,637. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 79 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Western Cape, where 5 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Cossie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cossie has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cossie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cossie last name are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90% registered with the political party.
The amount Cossie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning R 238,812 per year and in United States they earn 5.87% less than the national average, earning $40,615 USD per year.
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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 Cossie
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