Kossam Surname
Approximately 3,224 people bear this surname
Kossam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,013 | 1:8,504 | 1,304 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Tanzania | 442 | 1:119,777 | 11,421 |
| Burkina Faso | 50 | 1:367,042 | 5,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kossam (1,540) may also be a first name.
Kossam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kossam is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 138,736th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,260,405 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kossam reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 197,593rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,540 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 2,013 people, or 1 in 8,504. Excluding Malawi it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 21 percent reside and Tanzania, where 14 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 Kossam
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