Kosák Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Kosák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 107 | 1:49,873 | 9,579 |
| Czechia | 72 | 1:147,687 | 22,967 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
The alternate forms: Kosak (4,251), Košák (78), Koşak (1,534) & Košak (1,037) are calculated separately.
Kosák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosák occurs in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Kosak, Košák, Koşak or Košak. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosák? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kosák is the 1,177,228th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name Kosák occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kosák are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 49,873. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Trnava Region, where 80 percent are found, Banská Bystrica Region, where 7 percent are found and Nitra Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Slovakia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 36 percent are found and Hungary, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Kosák
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