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
Average Cossie Salary in
United States
$40,615 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cossie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cossie is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Cossié. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossie? popularity and diffusion
Cossie is the 767,694th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname Cossie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Cossie are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Cossie is also the 807,735th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 132 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 227,637. In South Africa Cossie is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 79 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Western Cape, where 5 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.
Cossie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cossie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cossie last name increased 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cossie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cossie surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90% being registered to vote for 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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