Kossi Surname
Approximately 156,575 people bear this surname
Kossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 118,203 | 1:38 | 11 |
| Togo | 18,375 | 1:394 | 15 |
| Ethiopia | 8,532 | 1:11,433 | 1,698 |
| Chad | 5,007 | 1:2,715 | 479 |
| Benin | 1,687 | 1:6,127 | 834 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Congo | 778 | 1:6,413 | 1,015 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Cameroon | 216 | 1:96,153 | 11,449 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Ivory Coast | 204 | 1:113,094 | 5,698 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| France | 119 | 1:558,174 | 75,634 |
| Finland | 101 | 1:54,423 | 6,469 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Belgium | 39 | 1:294,786 | 34,540 |
| Croatia | 23 | 1:183,852 | 22,841 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kössi (96) & Kóssi (5) are calculated separately.
Kossi (188,793) may also be a first name.
Kossi Demographics
Average Kossi Salary in
United States
$50,569 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kossi (Arabic: كوسي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺳﻰ, Hindi: कोस्सी, Russian: Косси) is more commonly found in Central African Republic than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kössi or Kóssi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,588th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,543 people. The last name Kossi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kossi reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Kossi is also the 5,554th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 188,793 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Central African Republic, where it is borne by 118,203 people, or 1 in 38. Not including Central African Republic this surname occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 12 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 5 percent reside.
Kossi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kossi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kossi last name increased 7,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kossi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kossi are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Kossi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.02% less than the national average, earning R 71,232 per year; in United States they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning $50,569 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $42,416 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kossi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kossi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺳﻰ | kwsy | - |
| Kossi in the Hindi language | ||
| कोस्सी | kos'si | 50 |
| कोससी | kosasi | 50 |
| Kossi in the Russian language | ||
| Косси | kossi | - |
| Kossi in the Arabic language | ||
| كوسي | kwsy | - |
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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 Kossi
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