Kosos Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kosos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Košoš (3) are calculated separately.
Kosos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosos (Russian: Косос) is found most in Israel. It may also occur as a variant: Košoš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosos? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kosos is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kosos live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.
The surname Kosos is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,069,704. In Israel Kosos is primarily found in: Haifa District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Israel it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosos in the Russian language | ||
| Косос | kosos | - |
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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 Kosos
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