Koza

See also: koza, koža, koża, kòza, kóza, and kóža

English

Proper noun

Koza (plural Kozas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Koza is the 18703^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1469 individuals. Koza is most common among White (95.44%) individuals.

Czech

Etymology

From koza (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoza]

Proper noun

Koza m anim (female equivalent Kozová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Koza (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Koza	Kozové
genitive	Kozy	Kozů
dative	Kozovi	Kozům
accusative	Kozu	Kozy
vocative	Kozo	Kozové
locative	Kozovi	Kozech
instrumental	Kozou	Kozy

Further reading

• “Koza”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

Polish

Etymology

From koza (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔza/
• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: Ko‧za
• Homophone: koza

Proper noun

Koza m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Koza

	singular	plural
nominative	Koza	Kozowie
genitive	Kozy	Kozów
dative	Kozie	Kozom
accusative	Kozę	Kozów
instrumental	Kozą	Kozami
locative	Kozie	Kozach
vocative	Kozo	Kozowie

Proper noun

Koza f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Koza

	singular	plural
nominative	Koza	Kozy
genitive	Kozy	Koz
dative	Kozie	Kozom
accusative	Kozę	Kozy
instrumental	Kozą	Kozami
locative	Kozie	Kozach
vocative	Kozo	Kozy

Further reading

• “Koza”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Etymology

From koza (“female goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔza]

Proper noun

Koza m pers (female equivalent Kozová)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Koza”, 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, 2024