Kós Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Kós Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 443 | 1:22,159 | 2,472 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
The surname Kós has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can also be found as a variant: Kos, Koş, Koš or Koś. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kós? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kós is the 654,010th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Kós reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 22,159. In Hungary Kós is most frequent in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 42 percent reside, Heves County, where 15 percent reside and Budapest, where 15 percent reside. Barring Hungary Kós occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Kós
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