Kosah Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Kosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 67 | 1:65,799 | 5,672 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kosah (110) may also be a first name.
Kosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosah (Arabic: كوسه) is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosah is the 1,806,862nd most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Kosah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Kosah live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 110 people.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 65,799. In Liberia Kosah is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent are found, Nimba County, where 42 percent are found and Grand Kru County, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Liberia Kosah is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Kosah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kosah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kosah surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوسه | kwsh | - |
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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 Kosah
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