Košč Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Košč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Košč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia3411:15,6492,227
Czechia381:279,82836,495
Croatia61:704,76744,411

The alternate forms: Košc (1), Kosc (292) & Kość (11) are calculated separately.

Košč Last Name Facts

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

The last name Košč is found most frequently in Slovakia. It may be found in the variant forms: Košc, Kosc or Kość. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Košč? popularity and diffusion

Košč is the 746,827th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. The surname Košč occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Košč live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 15,649. In Slovakia Košč is most frequent in: Prešov Region, where 54 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 28 percent live and Košice Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 10 percent live and Croatia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Košc921/
Koščo89431/
Košič89291/
Koč8671/
Kosc83292/
Kość8311/
Koščec80197/
Koščic80122/
Koščić8083/
Koščík804/
Koščik803/
Koščica73275/
Košički731/
Košík671,236/
Kočić671,073/
Košak671,037/
Košić67382/
Košec67365/
Koška67238/
Kočík67226/
Koški67219/
Kosič67193/
Košek67177/
Kašič6781/
Košák6778/
Košik6775/
Kočik6768/
Koško6766/
Kosač6758/
Košco6729/
Kosáč6727/
Kišič6715/
Košćo6712/
Košća6710/
Kocič677/
Kušče676/
Košuk674/
Kočič672/
Kočec671/
Kušíč671/
Kaščá671/

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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 Košč
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