Kolosoa Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Kolosoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 220 | 1:9,239 | 2,092 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Kolosoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolosoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolosoa (Russian: Колосоа) has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolosoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,079,669th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kolosoa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kolosoa is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 9,239. In Lesotho Kolosoa is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 46 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 38 percent are found and Mafeteng District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolosoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolosoa in the Russian language | ||
| Колосоа | kolosoa | - |
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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 Kolosoa
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