Kosie Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Kosie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 238 | 1:227,637 | 23,639 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Lesotho | 18 | 1:112,920 | 11,579 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Kosié (1) are calculated separately.
Kosie (708) may also be a first name.
Kosie Demographics
Average Kosie Salary in
United States
$57,259 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kosie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosie occurs most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms: Kosié. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 663,740th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kosie reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kosie is also the 310,437th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 708 people.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 227,637. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 30 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 19 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Kosie occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Kosie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kosie has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 429 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kosie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kosie surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kosie earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.51% less than the national average, earning R 155,640 per year; in United States they earn 32.7% more than the national average, earning $57,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning $40,979 CAD per year.
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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 Kosie
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