Kösten Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Kösten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 435 | 1:178,900 | 13,500 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
The alternate forms: Kosten (2,011) & Kosteń (2) are calculated separately.
Kösten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kösten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kösten is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kosten or Kosteń. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kösten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 669,375th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kösten are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 178,900. In Turkey Kösten is primarily concentrated in: Hatay Province, where 31 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 24 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Turkey Kösten exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosten | 94 | 2,011 | / |
| Kosteń | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kasten | 83 | 14,541 | / |
| Kesten | 83 | 2,703 | / |
| Köstem | 83 | 158 | / |
| Kästen | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kastien | 77 | 123 | / |
| Khesten | 77 | 105 | / |
| Kastoen | 77 | 57 | / |
| Koesten | 77 | 28 | / |
| Kassten | 77 | 16 | / |
| Kasteen | 77 | 14 | / |
| Kaasten | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kashten | 77 | 6 | / |
| Åkesten | 77 | 4 | / |
| Khasten | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kösting | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kestten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuisten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kastaen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kestien | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kostn | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kastn | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kassteen | 71 | 67 | / |
| Kaschten | 71 | 39 | / |
| Khoshten | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kostin | 67 | 43,107 | / |
| Casten | 67 | 1,952 | / |
| Costen | 67 | 1,510 | / |
| Kestin | 67 | 509 | / |
| Kastin | 67 | 359 | / |
| Kastén | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kazten | 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 Kösten
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