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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Ukrainian (Kosko) and Jewish (from Ukraine) : nickname for a squint-eyed person, from Ukrainian kosyj ‘squint’ + -ko, suffix of Ukrainian surnames.
  • Greek (Koskos) : nickname for a bony person, from Albanian koskë ‘bone’.

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