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 surname Kousu (Marathi: कौसू) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kousu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kousu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Kousu are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 58 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 632,267th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 205 people.
The surname Kousu is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 78 percent are found, Gulf, where 13 percent are found and Central, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Kousu is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 38 percent are found and Botswana, where 3 percent are found.
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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