Kossim Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Kossim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Kossim (87) may also be a first name.
Kossim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossim is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossim? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kossim is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Kossim live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 87 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Kossim is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 50 percent reside and Oyo, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 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 Kossim
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