Koha
loc · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries
Koha is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 130K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Estonia (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 56 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kö-Ha in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Koha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 67 | — | 6 |
| US United States | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 7M | listed | — | 56 |
| FI Finland | 43 | 1 in 130K | 43 | — | — |
| DE Germany | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 5M | — | Kö-Ha | 14 |
| AU Australia | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 2M | 1 | — | 19 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Koha is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A Māori tradition of reciprocal giving of gifts.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, zander, the freshwater fish Sander lucioperca.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wym, to cook
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hz, to wash
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dag, a trader. kohi-ra B V. 1. to sell 2. to trade
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Basque, "(S; Foix), coiffure ronde des acteurs de pastorale" Lh . Hartakotz, ezpatareki deitzat khentzen / koha eta kapa, aitzindari markak . Andurain UskIb 100 (ap. DRA ) .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Tekla Kohab. 1910EEEstonian pianist (1910-1977)
- Jaan Kohab. 1929EEEstonian composer (1929-1993)
- Klara Kotterb. 1937EEnot in their usual nameEstonian singer (1937-1998)
- Kalju Kohab. 1956EEEstonian politician (born 1956)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 67 | #1,287 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 66 | #1,369 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 43 | #25,976 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Koha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 128 people named Koha in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Koha?
- In Finland, the national register counted 43 people named Koha, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Koha?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kohaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Koha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.