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
The last name Kossia (Arabic: كوسيا) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kossia.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 55,068th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 789,293 people. The last name Kossia is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kossia are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossia is also the 21,375th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 41,944 people.
The surname Kossia is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 9,128 people, or 1 in 2,528. In The Ivory Coast Kossia is most prevalent in: Zanzan District, where 72 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 9 percent reside and Comoé District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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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