Kositis Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Kositis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kosītis (3) are calculated separately.
Kositis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kositis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kositis (Russian: Коситис) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Kosītis. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kositis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kositis is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Kositis live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 113,891. In Latvia Kositis is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 94 percent live and Latgale, where 6 percent live. Beside Latvia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 26 percent live and Greece, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kositis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kositis in the Russian language | ||
| Коситис | kositis | - |
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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 Kositis
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