Košec Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Košec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Košec Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2411:10,3222,437
Croatia701:60,40911,225
Czechia341:312,74939,315
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Kosec (2,006) are calculated separately.

Košec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Košec is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Kosec. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Košec? popularity and diffusion

The surname Košec is the 777,192nd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Košec live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 10,322. In Slovenia it is most common in: Savinja, where 85 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 10 percent live and Drava, where 4 percent live. Apart from Slovenia Košec exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 19 percent live and Czechia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosec932,006/
Kušec80563/
Košek80177/
Koćec8010/
Kočec801/
Kosiec731,149/
Koseck73215/
Koscec7315/
Koszec7311/
Koušek738/
Kozecz736/
Koseci735/
Koceic734/
Koßeck731/
Kosecz731/
Koszecz6766/
Kosiecz6720/
Kosseck6713/
Kocheck6711/
Koceich6710/
Koszeck677/
Kosieck671/
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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 Košec
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