Kosani Surname
Approximately 1,208 people bear this surname
Kosani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 778 | 1:69,637 | 8,689 |
| India | 166 | 1:4,620,876 | 119,070 |
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kosani (137) may also be a first name.
Kosani Demographics
Average Kosani Salary in
South Africa
R 113,280
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kosani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosani (Hindi: कोसनी, Marathi: कोसनी, Oriya: େକାସଣି) occurs most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kosani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 311,581st most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,032,737 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kosani reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kosani is also the 790,880th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 137 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 778 people, or 1 in 69,637. In South Africa Kosani is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 73 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
Kosani Last Name Statistics demography
Kosani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.33% less than the national average, earning R 113,280 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosani in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसनी | kosani | - |
| Kosani in the Marathi language | ||
| कोसनी | kosani | 86.67 |
| कोसानी | kosani | 13.33 |
| Kosani in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାସଣି | ekasani | 60 |
| େକାସନି | ekasani | 40 |
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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 Kosani
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