Kossa Surname
Approximately 5,345 people bear this surname
Kossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3,657 | 1:6,309 | 567 |
| Benin | 593 | 1:17,429 | 2,359 |
| Congo | 178 | 1:28,029 | 2,962 |
| United States | 167 | 1:2,170,413 | 136,881 |
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| Hungary | 102 | 1:96,238 | 9,394 |
| Poland | 63 | 1:603,313 | 54,622 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Transnistria | 49 | 1:9,688 | 1,962 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Kóssa (1) & Košša (57) are calculated separately.
Kossa (2,964) may also be a first name.
Kossa Demographics
Kossa Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Kossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kossa (Arabic: كوصا, Hindi: कोस्सा, Russian: Косса) is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kóssa or Košša. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kossa is the 89,741st most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,363,432 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kossa are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossa is also the 133,113th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 2,964 people.
The last name Kossa is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 3,657 people, or 1 in 6,309. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 59 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 6 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent live and The Congo, where 3 percent live.
Kossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kossa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kossa last name grew 2,088 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kossa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kossa last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
Kossa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.65% more than the national average, earning $44,292 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kossa in the Hindi language | ||
| कोस्सा | kos'sa | - |
| Kossa in the Russian language | ||
| Косса | kossa | - |
| Kossa in the Arabic language | ||
| كوصا | kwsa | - |
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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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