Košan Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Košan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 96 | 1:110,765 | 18,159 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 1:92,136 | 11,211 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
The alternate forms: Koşan (3,604), Kosan (1,257), Košán (22), Kosán (66) & Kosań (1) are calculated separately.
Košan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Košan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Košan is carried by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Koşan, Kosan, Košán, Kosán or Kosań. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Košan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Košan is the 1,511,557th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. Košan is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Košan reside; 80 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 80 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Czechia, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 110,765. In Czechia Košan is mostly found in: Plzeň Region, where 53 percent reside, South Bohemian Region, where 23 percent reside and Prague, where 16 percent reside. Besides Czechia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 20 percent reside and Slovakia, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Košan
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