Kossyvas Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Kossyvas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 348 | 1:31,838 | 4,944 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kossyvas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossyvas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossyvas is most common in Greece. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossyvas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 785,023rd most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname Kossyvas is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kossyvas live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
It is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 31,838. In Greece it is primarily found in: Attica, where 70 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 27 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 1 percent reside. Other than Greece this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosyvas | 93 | 72 | / |
| Kossivas | 88 | 128 | / |
| Cossyvas | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kozyvas | 80 | 45 | / |
| Kosivas | 80 | 39 | / |
| Kasyvas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Koshivas | 75 | 46 | / |
| Kotsivas | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kosebas | 67 | 165 | / |
| Katsivas | 63 | 72 | / |
| Koczywas | 63 | 11 | / |
| Kochevas | 63 | 1 | / |
| Katsevas | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kacevas | 53 | 13 | / |
| Kachevas | 50 | 86 | / |
| Kotsivos | 50 | 36 | / |
| Koshivos | 50 | 10 | / |
| Kachivas | 50 | 6 | / |
| Kosevojs | 50 | 4 | / |
| Kouzibas | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kotsiwos | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kossyvas
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