Kosygin Surname

259,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kosygin Surname Definition:

(Russian) The reaper.

Kosygin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,4361:100,36412,343
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Kazakhstan241:736,77148,237
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kosygin (45) may also be a first name.

Kosygin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Russian) The reaper.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kosygin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kosygin (Russian: Косыгин) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kosygin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosygin? popularity and diffusion

Kosygin is the 259,194th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,803,920 people. The last name Kosygin is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Kosygin reside; 62 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 61 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Kosygin is also the 1,504,468th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 45 people.

The last name Kosygin is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 1,436 people, or 1 in 100,364. In Russia Kosygin is most frequent in: Lipetsk Oblast, where 21 percent are found, Novosibirsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Irkutsk Oblast, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Russia Kosygin occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uzbekistan, where 2 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.

Kosygin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kosygin last name is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kosygin surname are 6.06% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 52.83% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kasygin8636/
Kosigin8618/
Kozygin861/
Kusygin861/
Koshigin8010/
Kutsygin809/
Katsygin803/
Kushygin801/
Kocheygin751/
Kosycen7115/
Kosizen7114/
Kosicin717/
Kasigin713/
Kosijin712/
Kosizin712/
Kazygin711/
Kuzygin711/
Kosigen711/
Kashigin671,069/
Koshizen67342/
Koshigen67318/
Kochegin67228/
Kochigin6758/
Kositcin6752/
Kociscin6711/
Kushigin677/
Kossizin676/
Koshijin674/
Koscisne671/
Kosising671/
Kotsisyn671/

Kosygin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kosygin in the Russian language
Косыгинkosygin-

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