Kosii Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kosii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kosii (7) may also be a first name.
Kosii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosii Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kosii (Georgian: კოსიი) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosii? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kosii is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Kosii is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Kosii live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kosii is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 7 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Kosii is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Osun, where 25 percent are found and Oyo, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 17 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosii Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosii in the Georgian language | ||
| კოსიი | kosii | - |
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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 Kosii
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