Kosym Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Kosym Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kosym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan541:327,45426,941
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kosym (20) may also be a first name.

Kosym Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kosym (Russian: Косым) is found most frequently in Kazakhstan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kosym click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kosym? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kosym are found; 83 percent are found in Central Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Kosym is also the 2,446,817th most common first name in the world, borne by 20 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 327,454. In Kazakhstan it is mostly concentrated in: Kyzylorda Region, where 83 percent reside, West Kazakhstan Region, where 7 percent reside and Atyrau Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Kazakhstan this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Ukraine, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koshym911/
Khoshym831/
Kosim8024,350/
Kasym802,786/
Kosem801,234/
Qosym8015/
Kusym804/
Kosymova771,122/
Kosymová771/
Khosim732,099/
Kassym73188/
Kushym73177/
Koseme7384/
Koshim7374/
Kutsym7369/
Koseem7341/
Khasym7334/
Koshem7323/
Kossim7318/
Hkosim7316/
Kussym7315/
Kohsem7313/
Kohsim7313/
Kasyom737/
Khosem735/
Koesem735/
Kousem735/
Khozym734/
Kossem733/
Kosaim732/
Kosime732/
Koesim731/
Kosiem731/
Kousim731/
Cossym731/
Kashym731/
Kossymova712/
Koshymova711/
Khozaym67123/
Khoshim6773/
Kosseim6743/
Kodshim6731/
Koussem6723/
Khashym679/
Koussim677/
Kossiom675/
Khotsim674/
Kosieme674/
Koisime672/
Kossaim671/
Kasouym671/
Kosheem671/
Koushim671/
Koshime671/
Kossime671/
Koissem671/
Khossem671/

Kosym Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kosym in the Russian language
Косымkosym-

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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 Kosym
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