Kosev Surname
Approximately 1,888 people bear this surname
Kosev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1,770 | 1:3,943 | 575 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Kosev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosev (Russian: Косев) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosev? popularity and diffusion
Kosev is the 217,216th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,859,929 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kosev live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 1,770 people, or 1 in 3,943. In Bulgaria Kosev is mostly found in: Sofia City Province, where 14 percent reside, Gabrovo Province, where 13 percent reside and Veliko Tarnovo Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Bulgaria it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosev in the Russian language | ||
| Косев | kosev | - |
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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 Kosev
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