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
Kosu (Hindi: कोसू, Marathi: कोसु, Russian: Косу) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Koşu. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 120,887th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,922,328 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Kosu reside; 54 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 180,263rd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,798 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 1,986 people, or 1 in 386,236. In India Kosu is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 98 percent reside, Telangana, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside. Besides India this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Japan, where 9 percent reside.
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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