Kossivi Surname

178,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Kossivi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kossivi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo2,3101:3,138456
Benin441:234,90021,145
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kossivi (32,255) may also be a first name.

Kossivi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kossivi occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kossivi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 178,718th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,050,459 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kossivi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossivi is also the 26,339th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 32,255 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 2,310 people, or 1 in 3,138. Outside of Togo it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Kossivi Last Name Statistics demography

Kossivi earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

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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 Kossivi
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