Kość Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Kość Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kość Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Košč (385), Kosc (292) & Košc (1) are calculated separately.

Kość Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kość occurs most in Poland. It may also be found as: Košč, Kosc or Košc. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kość? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Kość reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 73 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,751,094. Aside from Poland Kość occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Ireland, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koć867/
Košč83385/
Kosc83292/
Košc831/
Koić75177/
Gość751/
Kocić678,274/
Kosić673,273/
Kočić671,073/
Košić67382/
Kosać6750/
Gwość6749/
Kośka6715/
Košćo6712/
Košća6710/
Koćec6710/
Koćić674/
Kośko672/
Kostć672/
Koceć671/

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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 Kość
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