Kossiwa Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Benin

Kossiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kossiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Kossiwa (20,924) may also be a first name.

Kossiwa Last Name Facts

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

Kossiwa is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kossiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kossiwa reside; 41 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kossiwa is also the 36,572nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 20,924 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 14 percent live.

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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 Kossiwa
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