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 is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kos, Koş, Koš or Koś. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kós? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kós is the 654,010th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kós live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most numerous in Hungary, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 22,159. In Hungary Kós is most common in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 42 percent reside, Heves County, where 15 percent reside and Budapest, where 15 percent reside. Besides Hungary it 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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