Košel Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Košel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Košel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania811:37,4646,414
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Kosel (3,157), Koşel (4) & Kösel (448) are calculated separately.

Košel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Košel occurs more in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kosel, Koşel or Kösel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Košel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,955,159th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Košel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Košel live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Košel is most commonly occurring in Lithuania, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 37,464. In Lithuania Košel is most numerous in: Vilnius County, where 85 percent reside, Kaunas County, where 5 percent reside and Panevėžys County, where 5 percent reside. Barring Lithuania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 9 percent reside and Slovakia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosel933,157/
Koşel934/
Kösel87448/
Kocel80497/
Koçel80206/
Kešel80129/
Koßel808/
Kašel804/
Košelová7754/
Kol75203,942/
Koshel7310,883/
Koszel73535/
Kossel73485/
Koheel73253/
Koesel73194/
Kohiel73183/
Kociel73145/
Kottel73130/
Kosiel7388/
Kohsel7360/
Koosel7347/
Koseel7328/
Kotsel7324/
Kotell7314/
Kosell739/
Koteld732/
Kosjel732/
Kousel732/
Kozsel731/
Kasoel731/
Kajšel731/
Kuoiel731/
Kotelp731/
Kuol67202,034/
Kole67110,646/
Kohl6753,091/
Koul6720,673/
Kool6717,808/
Koll6712,211/
Khol672,685/
Keul672,375/
Koschel671,911/
Kolh671,425/
Koil67331/
Koyl67285/
Koessel67186/
Koushel6757/
Koochel6750/
Koshell6729/
Kotsell6722/
Kosselt6717/
Kouchel6712/
Hkol6712/
Koussel6710/
Kochelt678/
Kolë675/
Kossell674/
Koceell673/
Kodchel673/
Kkol672/
Gkol671/
Kgol671/
Kkhotel671/
Kuišele671/
D'Kozel671/
Qkol671/
Kottell671/
Kuochel670/
Koehsel670/
Kohsell670/
Koocell670/
Kotchel670/

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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
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  • 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 Košel
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