Košević Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Košević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Košević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia691:103,5508,228
Croatia621:68,20312,288
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Kosovo61:310,3128,714
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Kosević (4) & Kosevic (28) are calculated separately.

Košević Last Name Facts

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

Košević occurs more in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Kosević or Kosevic. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Košević? popularity and diffusion

Košević is the 1,441,361st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. Košević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Košević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Serbia, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 103,550. In Serbia Košević is primarily found in: Belgrade, where 55 percent live, South Bačka District, where 25 percent live and Braničevo District, where 16 percent live. Other than Serbia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 42 percent live and Slovenia, where 5 percent live.

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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 Košević
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