Kosta Surname
Approximately 8,973 people bear this surname
Kosta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1,720 | 1:6,442 | 733 |
| Albania | 1,299 | 1:2,243 | 381 |
| India | 1,136 | 1:675,234 | 31,633 |
| United States | 1,011 | 1:358,515 | 32,001 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Russia | 396 | 1:363,947 | 35,793 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Tanzania | 358 | 1:147,882 | 13,472 |
| Cyprus | 173 | 1:5,115 | 608 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Turkey | 165 | 1:471,645 | 27,320 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| Poland | 124 | 1:306,522 | 36,280 |
| Italy | 118 | 1:518,277 | 51,664 |
| Ukraine | 116 | 1:392,437 | 47,637 |
| Australia | 96 | 1:281,205 | 25,117 |
| Germany | 96 | 1:838,599 | 60,830 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Czechia | 54 | 1:196,916 | 28,617 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Kazakhstan | 49 | 1:360,867 | 28,961 |
| Latvia | 34 | 1:60,295 | 9,027 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| Belarus | 30 | 1:316,702 | 34,864 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Serbia | 20 | 1:357,247 | 16,776 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Georgia | 16 | 1:234,097 | 12,742 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Košta (272), Kosťa (2), Kösta (1), Kostá (1) & Košťa (1) are calculated separately.
Kosta (23,992) may also be a first name.
Kosta Demographics
Kosta Political Affiliation
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Kosta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosta (Georgian: კოსტა, Hindi: कोष्टा, Oriya: େକାତ୍ା, Russian: Коста) is found most in Greece. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Košta, Kosťa, Kösta, Kostá or Košťa. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 56,510th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 812,164 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Kosta are found; 36 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 21 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 33,043rd most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 23,992 people.
This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 1,720 people, or 1 in 6,442. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 30 percent live, Epirus, where 16 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 14 percent live. Excluding Greece this last name is found in 86 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 14 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Kosta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kosta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kosta surname grew 4,213 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kosta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kosta last name are 2.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kosta earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.5% less than the national average, earning R 8,316 per year; in United States they earn 15.01% more than the national average, earning $49,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.2% more than the national average, earning $59,224 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kosta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosta in the Georgian language | ||
| კოსტა | kosta | - |
| Kosta in the Hindi language | ||
| कोष्टा | kosta | 53.57 |
| कोस्टा | kosta | 34.52 |
| कोस्ता | kosta | 11.9 |
| Kosta in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାତ୍ା | ekata | 34.33 |
| େକାହ୍ା | ekaha | 29.85 |
| େକାସ୍ା | ekasa | 19.4 |
| େକାନ୍ା | ekana | 14.93 |
| Kosta in the Russian language | ||
| Коста | kosta | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kosta
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