Kossek Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Kossek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 277 | 1:290,633 | 30,126 |
| Poland | 240 | 1:158,370 | 22,385 |
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Köşşek (240) are calculated separately.
Kossek Demographics
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Kossek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossek (Russian: Коссек) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Köşşek. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 489,550th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Kossek reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 290,633. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 8 percent live. Besides Germany Kossek occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Kossek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kossek surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kossek earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 9.71% more than the national average, earning $47,339 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.39% more than the national average, earning $74,717 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kossek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kossek in the Russian language | ||
| Коссек | kossek | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kossek
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