Costof Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Romania

Costof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France71:9,488,960336,266
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Costof Last Name Facts

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

The last name Costof has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Costof? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Costof reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in France, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France Costof is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account France Costof is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 33 percent live and South Korea, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Costoff9243/
Cotof9110/
Costov83209/
Costob83116/
Costow8318/
Kostof838/
Cotoff832/
Costaf832/
Custof831/
Castof830/
Choustoff801/
Kostoff77831/
Costova77107/
Chostov773/
Costoow772/
Costafe771/
Jostoff771/
Castoff770/
Costtow770/
Cothoff770/
Coustow770/
Cotov73264/
Kotof7337/
Cotow732/
Cotob732/
Catof732/
Cotthoff7135/
Kosthoff716/
Chostova713/
Kostov6721,922/
Kotoff67345/
Kostow67141/
Cotova67110/
Jostov6756/
Castov6710/
Costab677/
Kustof677/
Custob676/
Castow674/
Choustova672/
Cottow672/
Jostaf671/
Kotoof671/
Kostaf671/
Costav671/
Kotopf670/
Kothof670/
Castob670/

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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 Costof
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