Köseoğlu Surname

17,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Köseoğlu Surname User-submission:

The Köseoğlu surname means 'son of the Köse'. The name Köse means 'one with a small or missing beard'.

Köseoğlu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey31,4331:2,476359
Northern Cyprus1961:1,628161
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Köseoğlu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Köseoğlu surname means 'son of the Köse'. The name Köse means 'one with a small or missing beard'.

- khanuya
DNA test information

Köseoğlu Last Name Facts

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

Köseoğlu is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Köseoğlu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Köseoğlu is the 17,500th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 230,305 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Köseoğlu live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 31,433 people, or 1 in 2,476. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 22 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 6 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 4 percent reside. Besides Turkey Köseoğlu occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Köceoğlu8817/
Keseoğlu8816/
Keçioğlu7582/
Keçeoğlu751/
Koseohlu751/
Kosheohlu711/
Koçioğlu6316/
Kosyohlu637/
Kasialu531/
Kasialou501/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Köseoğlu
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