How common is the surname Kosa?

666 people in the United States had the surname Kosa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kosa?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kosa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kosa getting more or less common?

More common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Kosa

A surname, carried by 666 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kosa is more common than 79% of them.

Origin

Various: # From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Kosa, Slovak Kosa, Ukrainian коса (kosa); from Proto-Slavic *kosa. # From Hungarian Kósa.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 666 people named Kosa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 661.

#34,110

rank among US surnames

666

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #32,743)

Who is named Kosa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Kosa identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kosa

Kosa has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Questions

Where does the surname Kosa come from?: Various: # From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Kosa, Slovak Kosa, Ukrainian коса (kosa); from Proto-Slavic *kosa. # From Hungarian Kósa.
How common is the surname Kosa?: 666 people in the United States had the surname Kosa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 463,582 Americans. It ranked 34,110th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kosa?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kosa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kosa getting more or less common?: More common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 666 in 2010, up 0.8%.