Koosi Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Koosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Koosi (24) may also be a first name.
Koosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koosi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koosi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,359,010th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Koosi reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koosi is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Koosi is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 92 percent reside and Oyo, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Koosi
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