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 surname Kosang (Tibetan: བྷ་འདུར་་ཀོ་སང་) is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kosang.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,055,483rd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kosang reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 885,979th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 112 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 500,981. In Thailand Kosang is primarily concentrated in: Phetchabun Province, where 64 percent live, Chiang Rai Province, where 16 percent live and Bangkok, where 3 percent live. Aside from Thailand this surname exists 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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