Kosu Surname
Approximately 3,791 people bear this surname
Kosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,986 | 1:386,236 | 20,595 |
| Nigeria | 1,048 | 1:169,029 | 10,485 |
| Japan | 350 | 1:365,269 | 12,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 188 | 1:43,371 | 5,314 |
| Indonesia | 99 | 1:1,335,850 | 92,420 |
| Pakistan | 47 | 1:3,800,934 | 27,883 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Koşu (319) are calculated separately.
Kosu (1,798) may also be a first name.
Kosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosu (Hindi: कोसू, Marathi: कोसु, Russian: Косу) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Koşu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 120,887th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,922,328 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Kosu live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 180,263rd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 1,798 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 1,986 people, or 1 in 386,236. In India it is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 98 percent are found, Telangana, where 1 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 0 percent are found. Other than India it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Japan, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosu in the Marathi language | ||
| कोसु | kosu | 53.13 |
| कोसू | kosu | 46.88 |
| Kosu in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसू | kosu | 50 |
| कोसु | kosu | 33.33 |
| कोशू | kosu | 16.67 |
| Kosu in the Russian language | ||
| Косу | kosu | - |
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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 Kosu
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