Kößler Surname

308,737th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Kößler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kößler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9711:82,91010,474
Austria2501:34,0625,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Kößler Last Name Facts

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

Kößler is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kößler? popularity and diffusion

It is the 308,737th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,963,622 people. The last name Kößler occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kößler live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 971 people, or 1 in 82,910. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 49 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent are found and Hesse, where 5 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 20 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keßler8320,140/
Kösler83355/
Käßler83297/
Kaßler83266/
Koßler8382/
Közler8372/
Kössler771,675/
Kaeßler7736/
Koeßler7729/
Köhsler7712/
Köszler772/
Keßsler771/
Közle7342/
Kösle7339/
Kesler6713,981/
Kasler671,032/
Käsler67511/
Kosler67471/
Kozler67421/
Košler6777/
Kezler6745/
Kašler6732/
Kazler6720/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kößler
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