Kosso Surname
Approximately 7,098 people bear this surname
Kosso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Congo | 1,143 | 1:4,365 | 708 |
| Cameroon | 492 | 1:42,214 | 5,609 |
| Niger | 484 | 1:39,653 | 2,128 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Indonesia | 258 | 1:512,594 | 41,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 188 | 1:122,719 | 6,022 |
| Benin | 143 | 1:72,277 | 8,697 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Koššo (17) are calculated separately.
Kosso (2,632) may also be a first name.
Kosso Demographics
Average Kosso Salary in
United States
$32,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kosso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosso (Russian: Коссо) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Koššo. Click here for other possible spellings of Kosso.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,723rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,026,704 people. Kosso occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kosso live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kosso is also the 143,179th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,632 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is carried by 2,311 people, or 1 in 5,882. Aside from Chad Kosso is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 16 percent reside and The Congo, where 16 percent reside.
Kosso Last Name Statistics demography
Kosso earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.26% less than the national average, earning $32,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosso in the Russian language | ||
| Коссо | kosso | - |
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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 Kosso
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