Kósová Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Kósová Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kósová Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia1361:39,2397,284
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Kosová (2,263), Kóšová (170), Kósova (1), Kosova (14,279) & Košová (302) are calculated separately.

Kósová Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kósová is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Kosová, Kóšová, Kósova, Kosova or Košová. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kósová? popularity and diffusion

Kósová is the 1,504,764th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kósová live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Slovakia, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 39,239. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 72 percent are found, Trnava Region, where 21 percent are found and Banská Bystrica Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Slovakia Kósová occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent are found and Hungary, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosová942,263/
Kóšová94170/
Kósova941/
Kóssová921/
Kosova8914,279/
Košová89302/
Kasová83255/
Kásová8337/
Kaszová77112/
Kaasová7786/
Kassová7745/
Khasová7737/
Kossová7723/
Khásová7721/
Koisová7720/
Kojsová779/
Kászová773/
Kausová772/
Koosová772/
Kóchová771/
Kóciová771/
Koissová7119/
Koschová7115/
Kaszoová711/
Kočová671,274/
Kozová67713/
Kašová67608/
Kós67461/
Kasova67385/
Kačová67231/
Kosovo6783/
Kasovo6762/
Kášová6749/
Kotschová6726/
Káčová6726/
Koszovácz678/
Kazová672/
Casová672/
Keuschová672/

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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 Kósová
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