Kosum Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Kosum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 767 | 1:92,097 | 12,937 |
| Cambodia | 28 | 1:553,112 | 4,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Koşum (935) & Kösum (1) are calculated separately.
Kosum (5,329) may also be a first name.
Kosum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosum (Russian: Косум) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Koşum or Kösum. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 398,612th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,253,166 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Kosum live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 87 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 92,411th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 5,329 people.
Kosum is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 767 people, or 1 in 92,097. In Thailand Kosum is most common in: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 21 percent reside, Ratchaburi Province, where 17 percent reside and Kanchanaburi Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Thailand this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosum in the Russian language | ||
| Косум | kosum | - |
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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 Kosum
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