Kossana Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kossana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kossana (26) may also be a first name.
Kossana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossana occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kossana.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kossana reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread given name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin it is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 69 percent are found and Zou Department, where 31 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Kossana
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