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 surname Kososhi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kososhi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kososhi live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Kososhi is mostly found in: Lagos, where 53 percent reside and Ogun, where 47 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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