Koswa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Koswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Koswa (173) may also be a first name.
Koswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koswa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Koswa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koswa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Koswa are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 173 people.
The last name Koswa is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 88 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Koswa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Koswa
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