Kostha Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Kostha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| India | 182 | 1:4,214,645 | 112,328 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kostha (12) may also be a first name.
Kostha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kostha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kostha (Hindi: कोष्ठा, Oriya: େକାସ୍ା) is found most in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kostha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kostha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kostha is the 572,911th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kostha reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Excluding Sri Lanka it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kostha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kostha in the Hindi language | ||
| कोष्ठा | kostha | 50 |
| कोस्ठा | kostha | 33.33 |
| कोस्ता | kosta | 16.67 |
| Kostha in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାସ୍ା | ekasa | 50 |
| େକାଵ୍ା | ekava | 37.5 |
| ସଭା | sabha | 3.13 |
| ଟଧର | tadhara | 3.13 |
| ସୁଭଦା | subhada | 3.13 |
| ସମନାଥ | samanatha | 3.13 |
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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
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- 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 Kostha
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