Koisan Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Koisan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Koisan (25) may also be a first name.
Koisan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koisan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koisan (Marathi: कोइसन) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koisan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Koisan reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 25 people.
The last name Koisan is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koisan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koisan in the Marathi language | ||
| कोइसन | ko'isana | - |
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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 Koisan
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