Kosambi Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kosambi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kosambi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3371:2,276,15874,920
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kosambi (59) may also be a first name.

Kosambi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kosambi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kosambi (Hindi: कोसाम्बी, Marathi: कोसंबी) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosambi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 785,023rd most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name Kosambi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kosambi live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kosambi is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 59 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 2,276,158. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 55 percent reside, Gujarat, where 38 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kosambi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kosambi in the Hindi language
कोसाम्बीkosambi-
Kosambi in the Marathi language
कोसंबीkosambi90.68
कोसांबीkosambi8.47

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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 Kosambi
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