Kosak Surname
Approximately 4,251 people bear this surname
Kosak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 870 | 1:416,619 | 36,159 |
| Germany | 850 | 1:94,712 | 11,806 |
| Poland | 777 | 1:48,917 | 7,714 |
| Brazil | 305 | 1:701,883 | 25,770 |
| Belarus | 234 | 1:40,603 | 6,959 |
| Ukraine | 172 | 1:264,667 | 34,413 |
| Argentina | 130 | 1:328,795 | 26,002 |
| France | 122 | 1:544,449 | 74,270 |
| Austria | 120 | 1:70,962 | 10,845 |
| Thailand | 117 | 1:603,747 | 102,586 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| Czechia | 61 | 1:174,319 | 26,067 |
| Russia | 59 | 1:2,442,764 | 142,518 |
| Croatia | 53 | 1:79,785 | 13,729 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Slovenia | 15 | 1:165,845 | 14,188 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Koşak (1,534), Košak (1,037), Kosák (202) & Košák (78) are calculated separately.
Kosak (297) may also be a first name.
Kosak Demographics
Average Kosak Salary in
United States
$50,915 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kosak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosak (Hindi: कोसक, Russian: Косак) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Koşak, Košak, Kosák or Košák. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 109,468th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,714,313 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Kosak live; 31 percent live in Eastern Europe and 23 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 511,663rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 297 people.
The surname Kosak is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 870 people, or 1 in 416,619. In The United States Kosak is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Minnesota, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 18 percent reside.
Kosak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kosak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kosak last name increased 8,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kosak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kosak surname are 11.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.92% registered with the political party.
The amount Kosak earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18% more than the national average, earning $50,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.85% more than the national average, earning $55,072 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosak in the Hindi language | ||
| कोसक | kosaka | - |
| Kosak in the Russian language | ||
| Косак | kosak | - |
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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 Kosak
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