Kososi Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Kososi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Kososi (58) may also be a first name.
Kososi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kososi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kososi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kososi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kososi reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 58 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria Kososi is most numerous in: Kwara, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Osun, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kososi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis