Kousu Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kousu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kousu (205) may also be a first name.
Kousu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kousu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kousu (Marathi: कौसू) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kousu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Kousu reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 58 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 632,267th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 205 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Kousu is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 78 percent reside, Gulf, where 13 percent reside and Central, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Botswana, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kousu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kousu in the Marathi language | ||
| कौसू | kausu | - |
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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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- 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 Kousu
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