Kosike Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Kosike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 123 | 1:317,393 | 21,597 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kosike (591) may also be a first name.
Kosike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kosike (Hindi: कौशिक) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kosike.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosike? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kosike is the 1,267,784th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. Kosike is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Kosike are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 344,079th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 591 people.
The last name Kosike is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 317,393. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Nakapiripirit District, where 87 percent reside, Moroto District, where 7 percent reside and Napak District, where 2 percent reside. Beside Uganda Kosike exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosike in the Hindi language | ||
| कौशिक | kausika | - |
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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 Kosike
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