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
Kosha (Georgian: კოშა, Hindi: कोशा, Marathi: कोशा, Russian: Коша) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 166,619th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,806,140 people. Kosha occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Kosha live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Kosha is also the 130,317th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 3,067 people.
The surname Kosha is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 1,547 people, or 1 in 49,633. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent reside, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 8 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Iran it is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.
Kosha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kosha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kosha last name grew 1,429 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kosha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kosha last name is primarily Orthodox (90%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Kosha last name are 0.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.17% registered to vote for 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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