Koš Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Koš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 115 | 1:62,130 | 5,746 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Kos (31,541), Koş (2,973), Koś (9) & Kós (461) are calculated separately.
Koš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koš is more frequently found in Serbia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kos, Koş, Koś or Kós. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koš? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Koš reside; 85 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Koš is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 62,130. In Serbia it is mostly concentrated in: North Banat District, where 90 percent are found, South Bačka District, where 9 percent are found and Central Banat District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Serbia Koš exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 8 percent are found and Croatia, where 7 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 Koš
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