Kostav Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Kostav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kostav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Kostav (27) may also be a first name.

Kostav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kostav Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kostav (Hindi: कोस्तव, Russian: Костав) has its highest incidence in Bulgaria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kostav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kostav is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Kostav occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kostav reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Kostav is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 6,978,905. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Stara Zagora Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Bulgaria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent reside and Russia, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kostaev92219/
Koshtaev8646/
Kostov8321,922/
Kostev83942/
Kastav832/
Costav831/
Kostaf831/
Kostova7722,777/
Kostoev774,257/
Kosteev77219/
Kastaev77127/
Khostov7751/
Koustov7725/
Koztaev7713/
Kastauv779/
Kostovs774/
Kostowa772/
Khostev771/
Kosteaf771/
Koshtov771/
Gkostov771/
Coustav771/
Koshtavova751/
Kashtaev71116/
Khastaev7132/
Khostova7128/
Kosthowa7126/
Koustova7112/
Koshtova7110/
Koshtoev714/
Koustaff713/
Kosztova712/
Khostoev712/
Khosteev711/
Khoestov711/
Costov67209/
Kostow67141/
Kastov67116/
Costev6760/
Kastev6757/
Kostovová6739/
Kosťov6717/
Kostof678/
Costab677/
Kastaw677/
Costaf672/
Khashtaev671/
Kestov671/
Gkoustova671/

Kostav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kostav in the Hindi language
कोस्तवkostava66.67
कोसतवkosatava33.33
Kostav in the Russian language
Коставkostav-

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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 Kostav
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