Colecough Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Colecough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Colecough Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Colecough Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colecough Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Colecough occurs most in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colecough? popularity and diffusion

Colecough is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Colecough live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most common in: Somerset, where 100 percent reside. Barring England Colecough exists in one country. It is also common in Wales, where 33 percent reside.

Colecough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Colecough has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Colecough last name declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colcough9434/
Colicog7535/
Kolechug711/
Colecock711/
Kilcough711/
Colcov676/
Gleicaugh670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Colecough
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