Körösi Surname

568,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Körösi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Körösi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3541:27,7303,069
Slovakia1421:37,5816,935
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Austria161:532,21549,801
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Köröši (24), Kõrösi (2), Korosi (873) & Koroši (9) are calculated separately.

Körösi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Körösi is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Köröši, Kõrösi, Korosi or Koroši. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Körösi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 568,231st most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,107,097 people. The last name Körösi is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Körösi reside; 90 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 27,730. In Hungary it is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 19 percent are found, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 19 percent are found and Pest County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Hungary this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 26 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Köröši9424/
Kõrösi942/
Körözsi92146/
Körössi921/
Korosi89873/
Köröszsi861/
Körösy8328/
Koroši839/
Körössy7785/
Karosi673,544/
Kerosi671,656/
Karasi671,384/
Koresi67605/
Korasi67364/
Keresi67241/
Karesi6795/
Kerasi6773/
Kéresi671/

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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 Körösi
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