Koussa Surname
Approximately 7,459 people bear this surname
Koussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,975 | 1:12,985 | 2,303 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Syria | 605 | 1:31,903 | 2,006 |
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Benin | 388 | 1:26,638 | 3,553 |
| France | 361 | 1:183,996 | 28,633 |
| Niger | 268 | 1:71,612 | 3,232 |
| United States | 254 | 1:1,427,004 | 98,129 |
| Mauritius | 96 | 1:13,473 | 2,881 |
| Mauritania | 87 | 1:47,067 | 3,494 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Lebanon | 69 | 1:81,697 | 5,421 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Venezuela | 24 | 1:1,258,503 | 17,711 |
| Congo | 23 | 1:216,917 | 8,417 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Koussa (2,212) may also be a first name.
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Koussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koussa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺻﻪ, Russian: Коусса) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koussa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,788th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 977,014 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Koussa live; 53 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Mahgreb. Koussa is also the 159,019th most frequent first name globally, held by 2,212 people.
It is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,975 people, or 1 in 12,985. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Sétif Province, where 47 percent live, Boumerdès Province, where 42 percent live and Illizi Province, where 5 percent live. Barring Algeria it exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live and Syria, where 8 percent live.
Koussa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Koussa surname are 15.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Koussa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 210.25% more than the national average, earning R 737,268 per year; in United States they earn 20.1% more than the national average, earning $51,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.28% less than the national average, earning $49,543 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koussa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koussa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺻﻪ | kwsh | 40.91 |
| ﻛﻮﺹ | kws | 40.91 |
| ﻛﻮﺳﻰ | kwsy | 9.09 |
| ﻛﻮﺻﺎ | kwsa | 9.09 |
| Koussa in the Russian language | ||
| Коусса | koussa | - |
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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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- 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 Koussa
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