Kosts Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kosts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kosts Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine211:2,167,747147,417
Latvia31:683,34934,074
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ukraine

Kosts Demographics

Kosts Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

Sample size: 4 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

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Kosts Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kosts (Russian: Косць) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosts? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Kosts occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Kosts reside; 78 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,167,747. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 38 percent reside, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 24 percent reside and Ternopil Oblast, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Kosts Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kosts surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koscs8036/
Costs8010/
Kostz804/
Kostć802/
Kusts801/
Kostsova77638/
Kastås7366/
Kustås7326/
Cousts731/
Kesths731/
Kashts731/
Costss731/
Kosc67292/
Kaschts671/
Kustsch671/
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Kosts Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kosts in the Russian language
Косцьkosc-

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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 Kosts
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