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
The surname Kosam (Hindi: कोसम, Marathi: कोसम, Oriya: େକାସମ, Russian: Косам) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 422,155th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name Kosam occurs predominantly 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 common first name throughout the world, borne by 1,621 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 185,111. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 70 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 27 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent are found and India, where 22 percent are found.
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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