Koross Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Koross Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 545 | 1:84,734 | 7,755 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Koross (10) may also be a first name.
Koross Demographics
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Koross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koross Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koross is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koross? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 554,992nd most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,696,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Koross reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
Koross is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 84,734. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 38 percent live, Nandi County, where 22 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 21 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Koross Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Koross last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Koross are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
Koross earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.31% less than the national average, earning $35,250 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 Koross
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