Kusow Surname
Approximately 9,928 people bear this surname
Kusow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 8,676 | 1:1,550 | 157 |
| Kenya | 1,224 | 1:37,729 | 4,038 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
The alternate forms: Kusów (1) are calculated separately.
Kusow (3,223) may also be a first name.
Kusow Demographics
Average Kusow Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kusow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kusow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kusow is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Kusów. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kusow? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,616th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 734,040 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kusow live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Kusow is also the 126,359th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 3,223 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is carried by 8,676 people, or 1 in 1,550. Without taking into account Somalia it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.
Kusow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Kusow earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
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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 Kusow
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