Kosang Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Kosang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 141 | 1:500,981 | 87,346 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kosang (112) may also be a first name.
Kosang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosang (Tibetan: བྷ་འདུར་་ཀོ་སང་) is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kosang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosang? popularity and diffusion
Kosang is the 1,055,483rd most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. Kosang is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kosang reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Kosang is also the 885,979th most common first name globally. It is borne by 112 people.
It is most frequent in Thailand, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 500,981. In Thailand Kosang is most common in: Phetchabun Province, where 64 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 16 percent live and Bangkok, where 3 percent live. Aside from Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosang in the Tibetan language | ||
| བྷ་འདུར་་ཀོ་སང་ | bhadurkosang | - |
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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 Kosang
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