Koshia Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Koshia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koshia (91) may also be a first name.
Koshia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koshia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koshia (Marathi: कोिशया) occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Koshia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koshia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Koshia are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Koshia is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 91 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia Koshia is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koshia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koshia in the Marathi language | ||
| कोिशया | koisaya | 75 |
| कोशीया | kosiya | 25 |
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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 Koshia
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