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
Koros Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Koros Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koros Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koros (Russian: Корос) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Koroś, Koroş, Koroš, Kóros or Kórós. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koros? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 44,229th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 620,586 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Koros live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 242,643rd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 1,083 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,697 people, or 1 in 4,317. In Kenya Koros is mostly found in: Kericho County, where 27 percent are found, Bomet County, where 15 percent are found and Narok County, where 12 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Koros Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Koros has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koros surname rose 3,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koros Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Koros surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Koros last name are 9.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.96% being registered with the 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
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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 Koros
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