Koski Family History
Koski Name Meaning
Finnish: ornamental name from koski ‘waterfall’,
‘rapids’. This was one of the many words denoting natural features
that were used in the formation of Finnish surnames during the name
conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the
U.S. this is sometimes a shortened form of other Finnish surnames
formed with this element, e.g. Kalliokoski, Ylikoski.Polish: habitational name from any of several places called
Koski, named with kos ‘blackbird’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Koski
Name Distribution of Koski Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Koski families
 100 - 197  34 - 99 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Koski families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Koski last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Koski census records
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Koski Family Origin
Koski Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Koski
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Koski Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Koski census records
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Koski Civil War Service Records
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