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 surname Kosome occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Kosome live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 46 percent reside, Morobe, where 46 percent reside and Madang, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Kosome
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