Kogus Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Poland

Kogus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kogus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1411:1,518,25850,663
Poland741:513,63249,911
United States131:27,881,456736,413
France101:6,642,272293,169
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Kógus (2) & Koguś (1) are calculated separately.

Kogus Last Name Facts

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

Kogus (Russian: Когус) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kógus or Koguś. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kogus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kogus is the 1,017,412th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Kogus live; 57 percent live in South America and 57 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 1,518,258. In Brazil Kogus is primarily found in: Paraná, where 69 percent live, São Paulo, where 24 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 6 percent live. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Kogus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kogus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kogus surname expanded 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kogus Last Name Statistics demography

Kogus earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.17% less than the national average, earning $17,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kógus932/
Koguś931/
Kongus9126/
Kogusz911/
Kogush911/
Kogos80336/
Cogus8012/
Kugus8010/
Koguz809/
Kagus806/
Kegus800/
Kooghuis772/
Kungus73140/
Kangus7392/
Koguch7346/
Kaguse7330/
Konguz7327/
Kocguz734/
Kugush733/
Kuguse731/
Gkogos731/
Koguce731/
Kugaus731/
Kaghus731/
Kaggus731/
Kaegus730/
Kogushova719/
Khagush67101/
Khughus672/
Kugushe671/
Coggaus670/

Kogus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kogus in the Russian language
Когусkogus-

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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 Kogus
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