Kosku Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kosku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Koşku (232) & Köskü (1) are calculated separately.
Kosku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosku is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms: Koşku or Köskü. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Kosku reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Kosku is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Kosku is most numerous in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Kosku exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koşku | 93 | 232 | / |
| Kuosku | 91 | 128 | / |
| Koskus | 91 | 12 | / |
| Koskou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Koskeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Köskü | 87 | 1 | / |
| Kouskou | 83 | 10 | / |
| Koshkus | 83 | 2 | / |
| Koskous | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gkoskou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kosskeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kusku | 80 | 220 | / |
| Kesku | 80 | 126 | / |
| Kasku | 80 | 105 | / |
| Kozku | 80 | 37 | / |
| Koçku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Koxku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Koskó | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cosku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Koscu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gkouskou | 77 | 235 | / |
| Kooskaus | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koshkoup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Qoshku | 73 | 759 | / |
| Kuisku | 73 | 29 | / |
| Keshku | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kashku | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kaskui | 73 | 7 | / |
| Koëçku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuskut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koskoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koszkó | 73 | 1 | / |
| Coskau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaskup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khoshkhou | 71 | 2,150 | / |
| Khoshkhui | 71 | 33 | / |
| Koscuit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khoshkhoud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuskaus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koškutė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuskush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoshkhouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koscous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaskuis | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kosku
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