Kosau Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kosau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kosau (25) may also be a first name.
Kosau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosau occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Kosau reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kosau is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 25 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 45 percent are found, Kaduna, where 38 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Kosau exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 16 percent are found and Belarus, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Kosau
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