Kossely Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kossely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kossely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Kossely Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kossely Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kossely is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kossely? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kossely are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

Kossely is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 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
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  • 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 Kossely
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