Kosam Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Kosam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 286 | 1:185,111 | 16,019 |
| Papua New Guinea | 245 | 1:33,280 | 3,885 |
| India | 178 | 1:4,309,356 | 113,912 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 22 | 1:2,481 | 276 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Nauru | 6 | 1:1,980 | 298 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kosam (1,621) may also be a first name.
Kosam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kosam (Hindi: कोसम, Marathi: कोसम, Oriya: େକାସମ, Russian: Косам) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kosam is the 422,155th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Kosam live; 35 percent live in East Africa and 35 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kosam is also the 191,769th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 1,621 people.
The surname Kosam is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 185,111. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 70 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 27 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and India, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosam in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାସମ | ekasama | - |
| Kosam in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसम | kosama | 93.75 |
| कॉसम | kosama | 6.25 |
| Kosam in the Marathi language | ||
| कोसम | kosama | 93.55 |
| कॉसम | kosama | 6.45 |
| Kosam in the Russian language | ||
| Косам | kosam | - |
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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 Kosam
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