Cofan Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Cofan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 97 | 1:481,980 | 24,575 |
| Romania | 63 | 1:318,696 | 28,224 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Cofán (7) are calculated separately.
Cofan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cofan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cofan has its highest incidence in Spain. It can also occur as: Cofán. For other possible spellings of Cofan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cofan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cofan is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Cofan live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Spain, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 481,980. In Spain it is most common in: Galicia, where 67 percent reside, Catalonia, where 28 percent reside and Madrid, where 5 percent reside. Barring Spain Cofan occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 32 percent reside and Argentina, where 14 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cofan
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