Kösek Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Kösek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 668 | 1:116,499 | 9,773 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Kosek (6,401) & Košek (177) are calculated separately.
Kösek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kösek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kösek is found most frequently in Turkey. It can occur as: Kosek or Košek. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kösek? popularity and diffusion
Kösek is the 490,085th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kösek live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 668 people, or 1 in 116,499. In Turkey Kösek is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 11 percent live, Osmaniye Province, where 11 percent live and Ankara Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosek | 93 | 6,401 | / |
| Košek | 87 | 177 | / |
| Kesek | 80 | 2,016 | / |
| Kasek | 80 | 513 | / |
| Köcek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Käsek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kosiek | 73 | 1,041 | / |
| Kessek | 73 | 696 | / |
| Kossek | 73 | 677 | / |
| Keshek | 73 | 312 | / |
| Koshek | 73 | 271 | / |
| Koszek | 73 | 254 | / |
| Köşşek | 73 | 240 | / |
| Koseck | 73 | 215 | / |
| Kaszek | 73 | 199 | / |
| Kosejk | 73 | 89 | / |
| Kassek | 73 | 52 | / |
| Kashek | 73 | 36 | / |
| Kascek | 73 | 21 | / |
| Koseak | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kasiek | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kasehk | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kohsek | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koseuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kazsek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kasekh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaseek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koseyk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaseak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khasek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koscek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koschek | 67 | 343 | / |
| Kasheek | 67 | 153 | / |
| Kaschek | 67 | 129 | / |
| Kasseck | 67 | 81 | / |
| Kohsiek | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kesseck | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kossiek | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kosseck | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kosheik | 67 | 9 | / |
| Koszeck | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kesheik | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khaseek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaseikh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khasekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khashek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kasheck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kessiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kosheek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoshek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keschek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kosieck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koshiek | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kösek
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