Košela Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Košela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 30 | 1:177,882 | 30,511 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
The alternate forms: Kosela (1,347) are calculated separately.
Košela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Košela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Košela is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kosela. Click here to see other possible spellings of Košela.
How Common Is The Last Name Košela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Košela live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 76 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
Košela is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 177,882. In Slovakia it is primarily found in: Nitra Region, where 90 percent reside and Žilina Region, where 10 percent reside. Barring Slovakia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 20 percent reside and Serbia, where 20 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 Košela
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