Kosivi Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kosivi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kosivi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kosivi (497) may also be a first name.

Kosivi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kosivi occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kosivi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosivi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Kosivi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kosivi live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 380,582nd most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 497 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 13 percent live and Liberia, where 13 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
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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 Kosivi
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