Koshchey Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Koshchey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koshchey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia991:1,455,788100,531
Belarus101:950,10668,851

Koshchey Last Name Facts

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

Koshchey is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Koshchey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Koshchey is the 1,755,741st most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Koshchey occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Koshchey live; 64 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Koshchey is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,455,788. In Russia it is most numerous in: Moscow, where 16 percent reside, Omsk Oblast, where 10 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 9 percent reside. Not including Russia it is found in one country. It is also common in Belarus, where 9 percent reside.

Koshchey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Koshchey last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

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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 Koshchey
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