Kosome Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kosome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kosome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosome occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kosome.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosome? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosome is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Kosome reside; 81 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 81 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kosome is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Kosome is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 46 percent are found, Morobe, where 46 percent are found and Madang, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Kosome occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 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
- 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 Kosome
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