Koros Surname
Approximately 11,743 people bear this surname
Koros Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10,697 | 1:4,317 | 619 |
| United States | 204 | 1:1,776,759 | 116,838 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| Greece | 153 | 1:72,417 | 12,164 |
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| Czechia | 69 | 1:154,108 | 23,763 |
| Hungary | 53 | 1:185,213 | 15,991 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Koroś (313), Koroş (133), Koroš (101), Kóros (1) & Kórós (72) are calculated separately.
Koros (1,083) may also be a first name.
Koros Demographics
Average Koros Salary in
United States
$77,701 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koros Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koros Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koros (Russian: Корос) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Koroś, Koroş, Koroš, Kóros or Kórós. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koros? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,229th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 620,586 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Koros reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 242,643rd most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 1,083 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 10,697 people, or 1 in 4,317. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kericho County, where 27 percent live, Bomet County, where 15 percent live and Narok County, where 12 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Koros Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koros has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koros surname increased 3,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koros Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Koros last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Koros surname are 9.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Koros earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 80.08% more than the national average, earning $77,701 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning $56,910 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koros Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koros in the Russian language | ||
| Корос | koros | - |
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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 Koros
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