Kosha Surname
Approximately 2,597 people bear this surname
Kosha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,547 | 1:49,633 | 5,563 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Russia | 200 | 1:720,615 | 60,831 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kosha (3,067) may also be a first name.
Kosha Demographics
Kosha Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kosha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosha (Georgian: კოშა, Hindi: कोशा, Marathi: कोशा, Russian: Коша) is found most frequently in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 166,619th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,806,140 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Kosha live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 130,317th most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 3,067 people.
It is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 1,547 people, or 1 in 49,633. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent reside, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 8 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.
Kosha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kosha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kosha surname rose 1,429 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kosha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kosha last name is principally Orthodox (90%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kosha surname are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.17% registered with the party.
The amount Kosha earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.74% less than the national average, earning R 147,948 per year and in United States they earn 30.33% more than the national average, earning $56,235 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosha in the Georgian language | ||
| კოშა | kosha | - |
| Kosha in the Hindi language | ||
| कोशा | kosa | 83.89 |
| कोषा | kosa | 15.44 |
| कोष्आ | kosa | 0.67 |
| Kosha in the Marathi language | ||
| कोशा | kosa | 76.32 |
| कोषा | kosa | 17.54 |
| कोष | kosa | 2.63 |
| कोक्षा | koksa | 0.88 |
| कोश | kosa | 0.88 |
| कोसा | kosa | 0.88 |
| Kosha in the Russian language | ||
| Коша | kosa | - |
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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 Kosha
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