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Kos

in Illinois

There are 214 people with the last name "Kos" in Illinois.

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Kos 5,282
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  1. is 5,278th most common Hepner
  2. is 5,279th most common Hesse
  3. is 5,280th most common Houk
  4. is 5,281st most common Kogan
  5. is 5,282nd most common Kos
  6. is 5,283rd most common Majors
  7. is 5,284th most common Parekh
  8. is 5,285th most common Sandifer
  9. is 5,286th most common Tarter

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kok, Kus, Koc, Kis, Kaz, Kes, Kas, Kiz, Koz, Kuz

Most Common First Names for Kos

John, Anna, Donald, Mark, Michael, Richard, Robert, Adam, Andrzej, Bruce

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Meaning & History

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Kos

1. Slovenian, Croatian, Czech, and Polish: nickname from kos ‘blackbird’, denoting someone thought to resemble the bird in some way, for example someone with a good singing voice. This is a very common surname in Slovenia and Croatia.

2. Czech and Sorbian (Koš): metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from koš ‘basket’.

3. German (Kös): possibly a nickname for a gossip or a smooth-talker, from Middle High German kōse, koese ‘talk’, ‘chat’. Compare Koser.

4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin. It may be an ornamental name from Slavic kos ‘blackbird’, as in 1, or alternatively it may be from Hebrew kos ‘drinking glass’ or Yiddish kos ‘goblet’, ‘cup’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made glasses or cups.

5. Dutch: from a Zeeland personal name derived from Constantius (see Constant).

6. Hungarian (Kós): from a Turkish loanword kos ‘ram’ (from Old Turkish qoč, Ottoman Turkish qoç); perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd but more probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal.

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