Khosa Surname
Approximately 45,038 people bear this surname
Khosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 31,078 | 1:1,743 | 211 |
| Pakistan | 5,531 | 1:32,299 | 1,565 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,333 | 1:6,617 | 725 |
| Malawi | 1,830 | 1:9,355 | 1,452 |
| Zambia | 1,222 | 1:12,970 | 1,480 |
| India | 944 | 1:812,569 | 36,320 |
| Thailand | 594 | 1:118,920 | 17,748 |
| Canada | 469 | 1:78,562 | 8,814 |
| England | 245 | 1:227,421 | 18,997 |
| Australia | 170 | 1:158,798 | 16,605 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United States | 143 | 1:2,534,678 | 154,329 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Khosa (808) may also be a first name.
Khosa Demographics
Average Khosa Salary in
United States
$39,953 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khosa (Arabic: خوسا, Hindi: खोसा, Marathi: खोसा, Oriya: େଖାସା, Russian: Хоса) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,475th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 161,809 people. The surname Khosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Khosa reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Khosa is also the 287,646th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 808 people.
The surname Khosa is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 31,078 people, or 1 in 1,743. In South Africa Khosa is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 55 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 45 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Khosa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Khosa surname are 4.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.28% being registered with the party.
The amount Khosa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.13% less than the national average, earning R 151,776 per year; in United States they earn 7.41% less than the national average, earning $39,953 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.5% more than the national average, earning $54,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khosa in the Hindi language | ||
| खोसा | khosa | - |
| Khosa in the Marathi language | ||
| खोसा | khosa | 97.22 |
| खोस | khosa | 2.78 |
| Khosa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଖାସା | ekhasa | 87.5 |
| େଖାଶା | ekhasa | 12.5 |
| Khosa in the Russian language | ||
| Хоса | hosa | - |
| Khosa in the Arabic language | ||
| خوسا | khwsa | - |
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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 Khosa
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