Kostas Forename

37,956th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 19,885 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kostas Forename User-submission:

Kostas is a masculine name, Greek short form of Konstantinos and Lithuanian short form of Konstantinas. It means 'steady', 'stable'.

Kostas Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece
100%
11,8751:921126
United States
100%
1,9651:184,4976,758
Lithuania
100%
1,7671:1,671283
Cyprus
100%
6241:1,396217
England
100%
5991:92,8263,610
Saudi Arabia-4661:66,1217,124
Canada
100%
4451:74,4574,252
Poland
100%
3771:100,8682,190
Germany
100%
2771:349,0184,262
Russia
98%
 
2311:624,3886,301
Netherlands
100%
2101:80,4864,554
Uzbekistan
100%
1751:175,9234,261
Australia-1001:136,5764,329
Czechia
100%
811:131,5581,298
Switzerland
100%
621:132,4763,695
Sweden
100%
451:219,0657,397
Belgium
100%
421:273,5725,773
Albania
100%
411:74,3075,793
South Africa
100%
331:1,652,50552,695
Romania
100%
321:626,62417,326
Bulgaria
100%
291:241,0485,534
France-281:2,373,94112,997
Brazil
100%
261:8,239,852108,951
Scotland
100%
241:222,9323,804
Norway
100%
241:213,8475,267
Ukraine
100%
201:2,274,9955,472
Kazakhstan
100%
191:934,04410,348
Ireland-191:244,3964,129
Latvia
100%
161:125,9782,145
Denmark-151:376,6336,579
Qatar-151:157,97416,771
Italy
100%
151:4,070,80621,403
China-111:124,186,88965,712
Spain-111:4,229,99714,986
Georgia
100%
111:339,8617,323
Thailand
100%
101:7,006,581112,087
Wales
100%
101:309,4314,737
Estonia-91:146,1535,307
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Zimbabwe
75%
 
81:1,927,97754,057
Belarus
100%
81:1,185,2986,117
Greenland-71:8,053908
Turkey
100%
71:11,114,53034,230
South Korea-71:792,06015,859
Indonesia-61:42,993,945799,692
Singapore
100%
51:1,257,41116,611
India
50%
 
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
North Macedonia-41:522,6899,487
Finland
 
86%
41:1,370,79611,464
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Nigeria-21:88,782,180420,186
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Armenia
100%
21:1,459,37610,220
Azerbaijan-21:4,821,47233,780
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Transnistria
100%
11:475,6382,115
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
100%
11:7,795134
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Grenada-11:108,1254,208
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651

The alternate forms: Koştaş (1) are calculated separately.

Kostas (4,401) may also be a surname.

Kostas Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kostas is a masculine name, Greek short form of Konstantinos and Lithuanian short form of Konstantinas. It means 'steady', 'stable'.

- turquoise

It is a variant of the name Konstantin, which derives from the Latin name Constantinus.

- minimo

Kostas Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koshtas9211/
Kostass923/
Koustas922/
Koistas921/
Kostats921/
Kostays921/
Koştaş891/
Kosztasz864/
Kostasch862/
Kosstass861/
Costas8321,900/
Kestas83502/
Kustas8353/
Kostos8351/
Kastas8310/
Kostać837/
Kostaz831/
Costass77169/
Costase775/
Kostace773/
Coestas772/
Costeas772/
Kastash771/
Kustash771/
Kostače771/
Kostaxx771/
Costast771/
Costais771/
Costahs771/
Costaas771/
Costa's771/
Coustas771/
Khustash711/
Costashe711/
Costos6738/
Castas676/
Costaz671/

Kostas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kostas in the Russian language
Костасkostas-

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