Kosimasi Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kosimasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kosimasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kosimasi (36) may also be a first name.

Kosimasi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kosimasi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kosimasi occurs most in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosimasi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kosimasi is the 1,088,856th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. Kosimasi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kosimasi live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kosimasi is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name Kosimasi is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Kosimasi
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