Kosita Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Kosita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 265 | 1:59,811 | 5,423 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Kosita (288) may also be a first name.
Kosita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kosita is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosita? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 818,364th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Kosita are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 520,883rd most widely held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 288 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 59,811. In Zambia Kosita is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 44 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Barring Zambia Kosita occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kosita
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