Kostroma Surname

285,793rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kostroma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kostroma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia7891:182,66520,427
Belarus4121:23,0613,917
Ukraine1091:417,63950,036
Estonia191:69,56912,771
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kostroma (13) may also be a first name.

Kostroma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kostroma (Russian: Кострома) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kostroma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kostroma is the 285,793rd most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,418,250 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Kostroma are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Kostroma is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 13 people.

This last name is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 789 people, or 1 in 182,665. In Russia Kostroma is mostly found in: Kostroma Oblast, where 48 percent reside, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, where 10 percent reside and Moscow, where 7 percent reside. Beside Russia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 31 percent reside and Ukraine, where 8 percent reside.

Kostroma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kostroma surname is predominantly Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Orthodox (96%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Kostroma last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 46.15% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kastroma8817/
Kostromy8817/
Kostrama883/
Costroma882/
Kostromi881/
Kostrzema822/
Kostromich7819/
Kostromets788/
Kastrama7511/
Kostrami752/
Castroma752/
Castrama6310/
Costramos59163/

Kostroma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kostroma in the Russian language
Костромаkostroma-

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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 Kostroma
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