Kossei Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Kossei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Ukraine | 25 | 1:1,820,908 | 133,658 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Kosseï (1) are calculated separately.
Kossei (28) may also be a first name.
Kossei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kossei is borne by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kosseï. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 607,405th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kossei reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kossei is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The surname is most common in Chad, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Aside from Chad it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 5 percent reside and Niger, where 0 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 Kossei
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