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
The last name Kosii (Georgian: კოსიი) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosii? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname 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 numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 7 people.
Kosii is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Kosii is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Osun, where 25 percent live and Oyo, where 25 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Georgia, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
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
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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 Kosii
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