Kose Surname
Approximately 12,598 people bear this surname
Kose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,975 | 1:257,837 | 14,875 |
| South Africa | 1,456 | 1:37,210 | 4,771 |
| Lesotho | 983 | 1:2,068 | 246 |
| DR Congo | 971 | 1:76,086 | 8,832 |
| France | 814 | 1:81,600 | 11,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 728 | 1:11,200 | 993 |
| Germany | 570 | 1:141,238 | 17,100 |
| Uganda | 519 | 1:75,220 | 8,221 |
| Japan | 468 | 1:273,172 | 10,608 |
| Iran | 368 | 1:208,648 | 16,622 |
| United States | 346 | 1:1,047,569 | 76,686 |
| Indonesia | 256 | 1:516,598 | 42,062 |
| Belgium | 248 | 1:46,357 | 7,529 |
| England | 225 | 1:247,636 | 20,113 |
| Estonia | 211 | 1:6,264 | 723 |
| Netherlands | 189 | 1:89,350 | 14,763 |
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Kenya | 115 | 1:401,564 | 22,499 |
| Kazakhstan | 86 | 1:205,610 | 18,983 |
| Australia | 80 | 1:337,446 | 28,659 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| United Arab Emirates | 76 | 1:120,556 | 10,223 |
| Qatar | 72 | 1:32,750 | 3,419 |
| Denmark | 67 | 1:84,249 | 8,149 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Azerbaijan | 13 | 1:742,240 | 12,462 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Northern Cyprus | 6 | 1:53,168 | 8,711 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Köse (159,328), Koše (2) & Kõse (1) are calculated separately.
Kose (1,544) may also be a first name.
Kose Demographics
Average Kose Salary in
United States
$39,486 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kose (Georgian: კოსე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺱ, Hindi: कोसे, Marathi: कोसे, Oriya: େକାେଷ, Russian: Косе) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Köse, Koše or Kõse. For other possible spellings of Kose click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kose? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 41,444th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 578,468 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 35 percent of Kose live; 27 percent live in South Asia and 24 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 197,323rd most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,544 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 2,975 people, or 1 in 257,837. In India Kose is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent live, Assam, where 3 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in 79 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 12 percent live and Lesotho, where 8 percent live.
Kose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kose has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kose last name increased 961 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 5,625 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kose last name are 4.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.06% registered with the party.
The amount Kose earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 36.37% less than the national average, earning 220,211 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.43% less than the national average, earning R 141,564 per year; in United States they earn 8.49% less than the national average, earning $39,486 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning $50,706 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kose in the Georgian language | ||
| კოსე | kose | - |
| Kose in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺱ | kws | - |
| Kose in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାେଷ | ekaesa | - |
| Kose in the Marathi language | ||
| कोसे | kose | 99.8 |
| कोसेे | kosee | 0.05 |
| कोशे | kose | 0.05 |
| ख़ोसे | khose | 0.05 |
| खोसे | khose | 0.05 |
| Kose in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसे | kose | 90 |
| कोस | kosa | 5 |
| कोषे | kose | 5 |
| Kose in the Russian language | ||
| Косе | kose | - |
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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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- 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 Kose
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