Kosbü Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kosbü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kosbü Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Kosbu (11) are calculated separately.

Kosbü Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kosbü is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kosbu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosbü? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kosbü is the 3,432,070th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kosbü reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hamburg, where 44 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent are found. Other than Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosbu9311/
Kosbau73100/
Kosbie7310/
Khosbu735/
Kossbu734/
Kosbut731/
Khoshbu6711/
Khosboo677/
Khosbou677/
Kossbau672/
Khoosbu671/

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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 Kosbü
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