Kós Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kós Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kós Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary4431:22,1592,472
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kos (31,541), Koş (2,973), Koš (153) & Koś (9) are calculated separately.

Kós Last Name Facts

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

Kós is held by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Kos, Koş, Koš or Koś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kós? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. Kós occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kós are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Hungary, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 22,159. In Hungary Kós is primarily found in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 42 percent are found, Heves County, where 15 percent are found and Budapest, where 15 percent are found. Beside Hungary this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kos8931,541/
Kósz86152/
Kóss862/
Koş782,973/
Koš78153/
Koś789/
Kus678,911/
Kas677,898/
Kůs67357/
Kósová67139/
Cós671/
Küs671/
Kósova671/

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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 Kós
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