Kosting Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kosting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Kösting (2) are calculated separately.
Kosting (43) may also be a first name.
Kosting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kosting (Russian: Костинг) is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Kösting. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosting? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosting is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kosting are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,545,828th most common first name world-wide, held by 43 people.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 80,505,459. In Germany Kosting is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and Russia, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kösting | 95 | 2 | / |
| Koesting | 93 | 0 | / |
| Kesting | 86 | 2,683 | / |
| Kasting | 86 | 605 | / |
| Kästing | 86 | 72 | / |
| Costing | 86 | 36 | / |
| Kusting | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kostink | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kastings | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaesting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kestng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Casting | 71 | 208 | / |
| Kostincová | 71 | 47 | / |
| Kostenc | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kostinkova | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kostinková | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kasteng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kusteng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Castings | 67 | 4 | / |
| Castting | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kostenkova | 59 | 2,421 | / |
| Kostínková | 59 | 88 | / |
| Kostencova | 59 | 79 | / |
| Kostěncová | 59 | 37 | / |
| Kostenková | 59 | 10 | / |
| Kostýnková | 59 | 3 | / |
| Kostynkova | 59 | 3 | / |
| Kostynková | 59 | 1 | / |
| Casteng | 57 | 2 | / |
| Kezteng | 57 | 1 | / |
| Koshtenkova | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kosztenkova | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kostennkova | 56 | 1 | / |
Kosting Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kosting in the Russian language | ||
| Костинг | kosting | - |
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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 Kosting
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