Kosiya Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Kosiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 84 | 1:464,753 | 27,435 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kosiya (998) may also be a first name.
Kosiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosiya (Hindi: कोसिया, Marathi: कोिसया) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosiya is the 1,415,499th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Kosiya live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kosiya is also the 254,712th most widely held first name globally, borne by 998 people.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 464,753. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kaliro District, where 30 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 11 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 11 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसिया | kosiya | 86.75 |
| कोसीया | kosiya | 8.43 |
| कौसिया | kausiya | 3.61 |
| कोशिया | kosiya | 1.2 |
| Kosiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कोिसया | koisaya | 83.33 |
| गोसीया | gosiya | 16.67 |
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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 Kosiya
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