Surname Ćosa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćosa families are Albanians (from Rovinj area ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ćosa live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Sosici in Rovinj area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćosa (including: Cosa , Cossa , Chosa , Chiosa , Ciosa , Cheosa , Coossa , Chosah , Coosa and Cosha ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Chosa " is used by some 600 people in Japan , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Mexico. "Coosa " is used by few people in the United States. "Cosha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nejazi Ćosa, Ćibrije Ćosa, Arbnor Ćosa, Florend Ćosa, Ardijan Ćosa, Luana Ćosa, Ismailj Ćosa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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