Kössl Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Kössl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kössl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1861:45,7827,317
Germany1201:670,87952,024
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Hungary111:892,38945,166
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Kossl (40) are calculated separately.

Kössl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kössl is more frequently found in Austria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Kossl. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kössl? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kössl is the 814,680th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name Kössl occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kössl live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kössl is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 45,782. In Austria Kössl is most frequent in: Lower Austria, where 57 percent live, Tyrol, where 19 percent live and Upper Austria, where 16 percent live. Aside from Austria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent live and Czechia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kossl9340/
Kösl8911/
Kösel80448/
Kassl80296/
Kessl8067/
Köhsl8010/
Köszl802/
Kösslová7714/
Koessl73131/
Köhsel7325/
Kaessl737/
Kuissl731/
Kasl671,048/
Kesl67418/
Kößl67203/
Kosl6713/

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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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  • 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 Kössl
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