Košić Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Košić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Košić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3411:12,4012,353
Serbia291:246,37813,728
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kosić (3,273), Košič (291), Kosic (831) & Kosič (193) are calculated separately.

Košić Last Name Facts

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

Košić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Kosić, Košič, Kosic or Kosič. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Košić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 751,291st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Košić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 12,401. In Croatia Košić is most numerous in: Varaždin County, where 60 percent are found, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 11 percent are found and Virovitica-Podravina County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Croatia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 8 percent are found and Slovenia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosić933,273/
Košič93291/
Koši8918/
Kosic87831/
Kosič87193/
Kušić801,680/
Kočić801,073/
Kašić80744/
Kešić8061/
Koćić804/
Košiš801/
Kojčić73330/
Koceić73130/
Koičić737/
Kojcić736/
Koscić733/
Kotsić731/
Kosi6715,575/
Koci674,231/
Koša67639/
Koše672/

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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 Košić
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