Kosek

See also: Košek and köşek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech and Polish Kosek:

• from a diminutive of kos (“blackbird”);
• also a diminutive of kosa (“schythe”).

Also as a Czech surname, from Košek, a pet form of the name Koša; see Kosa.

Proper noun

Kosek (plural Koseks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kosek is the 22618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1135 individuals. Kosek is most common among White (97.53%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kosek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosɛk]

Proper noun

Kosek m anim (female equivalent Kosková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kosek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kosek	Koskové
genitive	Koska	Kosků
dative	Koskovi	Koskům
accusative	Koska	Kosky
vocative	Kosku	Koskové
locative	Koskovi	Koscích
instrumental	Koskem	Kosky

Further reading

• “Kosek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔsek]

Proper noun

Kosek m pers (female equivalent Kosková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kosek (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Kosek	Kosekovia	Kosekovci
genitive	Koseka	Kosekov	Kosekovcov
dative	Kosekovi	Kosekom	Kosekovcom
accusative	Koseka	Kosekov	Kosekovcov
locative	Kosekovi	Kosekoch	Kosekovcoch
instrumental	Kosekom	Kosekmi	Kosekovcami

Further reading

• “Kosek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025