Costef Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Costef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel91:950,84857,975
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Costef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Costef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Costef is found most in Israel. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Costef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Costef are found; 64 percent are found in West Asia and 64 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 950,848. In Israel Costef is most numerous in: Northern District, where 44 percent are found, Southern District, where 33 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 22 percent are found. Not including Israel this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Romania, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Costeff926/
Costefe922/
Costev8360/
Costew8339/
Coteff8315/
Kostef836/
Costiff7787/
Costeva7741/
Kosteff7714/
Kosteaf771/
Kostefs771/
Costiev771/
Kotef7315/
Catef732/
Cotev731/
Cotif731/
Coteb731/
Kostev67942/
Koteff67136/
Cottew67132/
Coutif6725/
Costiv6724/
Kostew6722/
Kotefe6711/
Castew679/
Kostyf677/
Cothev673/
Kottef673/
Kotesf673/
Zostev671/
Custif671/
Cateef671/
Kestef671/
Kastef671/
Catefe671/
Cottif671/
Cateff670/

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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 Costef
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