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Early Origins of the Kosinski family

The surname Kosinski was first found in Mecklenburg, where the Koss family contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation, and would later play a large role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. Over time, the Koss family name branched into other houses, where their influence continued to be felt because of the important role they played in the local social and political affairs.

Early History of the Kosinski family

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Kosinski Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Koss, Kosa, Kus, Kusiak, Kosik, Kosinski, Koscielski, Koskela and many more.

Early Notables of the Kosinski family

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Kosinski Ranking

In the United States, the name Kosinski is the 15,454th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Kosinski family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Catherine Koss, who settled in New York in 1832; John Coss, who settled in Connecticut in 1841; Antonia Koss, who settled in New York, NY in 1858; Franz Kosar, who settled in New York, NY in 1881.


Contemporary Notables of the name Kosinski (post 1700) +

  • Dorothy Kosinski, American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art
  • Alexandra Kosinski (b. 1989), American distance-runner
  • Norbert A. Kosinski (1918-1978), American politician
  • Michelle Kosinski (b. 1974), Emmy award-winning American journalist
  • Richard Kosinski, American keyboard player who did music for Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw and the Hanna-Barbera series Gravedale High
  • Derrick Kosinski (b. 1983), American reality television personality, actor, and professional wrestler
  • Joseph Kosinski (b. 1974), American film director, best known for his computer graphics and computer-generated imagery (CGI) work, director of Tron: Legacy (2010), Oblivion (2013), Only the Brave (2017), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Spiderhead (2022)
  • Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991), born Józef Lewinkopf, Polish-born, American writer and two-time president of the American Chapter of P.E.N., known for various novels, including Being There (1971) and The Painted Bird (1965)
  • Stanley R. Kosinski, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940 2
  • Raymond A. Kosinski, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State House of Representatives 24th District, 1965 2
  • ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, November 24) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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