Kososhi Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Kososhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kososhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kososhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kososhi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kososhi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kososhi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kososhi live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kososhi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 53 percent reside and Ogun, where 47 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 9 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 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
- 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 Kososhi
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