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 borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koswa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Koswa live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 173 people.
The surname Koswa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe Koswa is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 88 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe Koswa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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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