Kossia Surname
Approximately 9,233 people bear this surname
Kossia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9,128 | 1:2,528 | 251 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Guinea | 10 | 1:1,183,382 | 1,367 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Kossia (41,944) may also be a first name.
Kossia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kossia (Arabic: كوسيا) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 55,068th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 789,293 people. Kossia is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kossia live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossia is also the 21,375th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 41,944 people.
It is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 9,128 people, or 1 in 2,528. In The Ivory Coast Kossia is mostly found in: Zanzan District, where 72 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 9 percent are found and Comoé District, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kossia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kossia in the Arabic language | ||
| كوسيا | kwsya | - |
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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 Kossia
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