Koß Surname
Approximately 973 people bear this surname
Koß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 948 | 1:84,921 | 10,722 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
The alternate forms: Ko (1,025,769), Kó (4), Kò (1) & Kô (1) are calculated separately.
Koß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koß Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koß is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Ko, Kó, Kò or Kô. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koß? popularity and diffusion
Koß is the 369,492nd most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,489,770 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Koß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 948 people, or 1 in 84,921. In Germany Koß is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 14 percent reside. Besides Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ko | 93 | 1,025,769 | / |
| Koße | 86 | 40 | / |
| Kooß | 86 | 30 | / |
| Kouß | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kó | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kò | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kô | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kou | 67 | 412,508 | / |
| Kho | 67 | 121,119 | / |
| Koh | 67 | 92,528 | / |
| Koo | 67 | 33,433 | / |
| Kos | 67 | 31,541 | / |
| Kuo | 67 | 23,523 | / |
| Koi | 67 | 23,049 | / |
| Koy | 67 | 18,752 | / |
| Koa | 67 | 8,262 | / |
| Koj | 67 | 6,555 | / |
| Koş | 67 | 2,973 | / |
| Koï | 67 | 1,814 | / |
| Koz | 67 | 1,255 | / |
| Kaß | 67 | 312 | / |
| Koš | 67 | 153 | / |
| Cko | 67 | 133 | / |
| Kgo | 67 | 46 | / |
| Koľ | 67 | 39 | / |
| Koî | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kko | 67 | 23 | / |
| Coß | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hko | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kco | 67 | 11 | / |
| Koś | 67 | 9 | / |
| Koć | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kqo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koĺ | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Koß
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