Cossu Surname
Approximately 17,275 people bear this surname
Cossu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 15,418 | 1:3,967 | 394 |
| France | 741 | 1:89,639 | 12,886 |
| United States | 309 | 1:1,173,006 | 83,866 |
| Argentina | 155 | 1:275,764 | 22,190 |
| England | 98 | 1:568,552 | 34,674 |
| Panama | 82 | 1:47,710 | 2,355 |
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Mexico | 60 | 1:2,068,770 | 19,099 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Cossú (2) & Cossù (1) are calculated separately.
Cossu (257) may also be a first name.
Cossu Demographics
Average Cossu Salary in
United States
$50,858 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cossu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cossu is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Cossú or Cossù. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 30,910th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 421,855 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Cossu reside; 89 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 89 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 555,528th most numerous given name globally, borne by 257 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Italy, where it is borne by 15,418 people, or 1 in 3,967. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Sardinia, where 83 percent live, Lazio, where 4 percent live and Lombardy, where 3 percent live. Beside Italy Cossu exists in 41 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Cossu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cossu last name are 4.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.72% being registered with the political party.
The amount Cossu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 6.77% less than the national average, earning €27,997 per year; in Peru they earn 274.23% more than the national average, earning S/. 72,544 per year and in United States they earn 17.87% more than the national average, earning $50,858 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 Cossu
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