Kosa Surname
Approximately 13,648 people bear this surname
Kosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,800 | 1:11,154 | 1,447 |
| Thailand | 1,476 | 1:47,858 | 5,547 |
| DR Congo | 1,177 | 1:62,769 | 7,445 |
| Turkey | 979 | 1:79,491 | 7,252 |
| United States | 873 | 1:415,188 | 36,052 |
| Pakistan | 837 | 1:213,434 | 5,096 |
| India | 796 | 1:963,650 | 41,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 529 | 1:29,184 | 4,483 |
| Papua New Guinea | 513 | 1:15,894 | 1,560 |
| Tanzania | 502 | 1:105,461 | 10,265 |
| Germany | 413 | 1:194,928 | 22,513 |
| Japan | 400 | 1:319,611 | 11,483 |
| Russia | 363 | 1:397,033 | 38,405 |
| Poland | 321 | 1:118,407 | 17,675 |
| South Africa | 309 | 1:175,332 | 19,362 |
| Ukraine | 284 | 1:160,291 | 22,197 |
| Indonesia | 213 | 1:620,888 | 49,115 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| Slovakia | 161 | 1:33,146 | 5,979 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Canada | 148 | 1:248,957 | 23,668 |
| Uganda | 129 | 1:302,630 | 20,937 |
| Austria | 125 | 1:68,123 | 10,493 |
| Hungary | 114 | 1:86,108 | 8,552 |
| Czechia | 83 | 1:128,114 | 20,499 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| Latvia | 46 | 1:44,566 | 6,776 |
| Zambia | 42 | 1:377,379 | 19,273 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
The alternate forms: Kósa (8,103), Koša (639), Kòsa (2), Koşa (2), Kösa (1) & Kóša (226) are calculated separately.
Kosa (15,709) may also be a first name.
Kosa Demographics
Average Male Kosa Height
175.65 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kosa (Russian: Коса) occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Kósa, Koša, Kòsa, Koşa, Kösa or Kóša. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosa? popularity and diffusion
Kosa is the 38,528th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 533,964 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 36 percent of Kosa live; 22 percent live in Eastern Europe and 13 percent live in Romanian Europe. Kosa is also the 44,958th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 15,709 people.
The surname Kosa is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 1,800 people, or 1 in 11,154. In Romania it is most common in: Harghita County, where 32 percent live, Brașov County, where 13 percent live and Covasna County, where 12 percent live. Beside Romania Kosa occurs in 92 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Kosa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (76%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kosa are 11.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.25% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kosa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 520.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 120,312 per year; in South Africa they earn 39.24% less than the national average, earning R 144,384 per year; in United States they earn 14.94% more than the national average, earning $49,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.49% more than the national average, earning $50,423 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosa in the Russian language | ||
| Коса | kosa | - |
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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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- 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 Kosa
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