Kosek Family History
- Kosek Name Meaning
- Polish and Czech: nickname from a diminutive of Kos ‘blackbird’. Polish and Czech (Košek): nickname or metonymic occupational name from a diminutive of kosa ‘scythe’. Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Koša (see Kosa).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 15,915 Historical Documents with Kosek on Ancestry
- 7,583 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,674 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,034 Military Records
- 1,114 Immigration Records
- 3,510 Member Trees
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Number of Kosek families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kosek census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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