Kosawe Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Kosawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kosawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosawe has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosawe is the 3,730,171st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Kosawe occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Kosawe reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Kosawe is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Chimbu, where 81 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 19 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Kosawe
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