Köss Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Köss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
The alternate forms: Kõss (38) are calculated separately.
Köss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Köss is held by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kõss. For other potential spellings of Köss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Köss? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Köss occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Köss live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Köss is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 370,236. In Austria it is mostly found in: Vorarlberg, where 100 percent reside. Not including Austria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 42 percent reside and Estonia, where 15 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
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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 Köss
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