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
Kosum (Russian: Косум) is found most in Thailand. It can also appear in the variant forms: Koşum or Kösum. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kosum.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 398,612th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. The surname is mostly 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 prevalent first name globally, borne by 5,329 people.
The surname is most widespread in Thailand, where it is carried by 767 people, or 1 in 92,097. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 21 percent live, Ratchaburi Province, where 17 percent live and Kanchanaburi Province, where 10 percent live. Not including Thailand this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
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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