Coltzau Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Coltzau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Coltzau 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
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Coltzau Last Name Facts

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

Coltzau occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coltzau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,506,728th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Coltzau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Coltzau live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,872,220. In Germany Coltzau is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 84 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent reside and Argentina, where 3 percent reside.

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
Coltza927/
Colzau921/
Koltzau8661/
Colza8341/
Kolzau7730/
Colzza771/
Kaltzau710/
Calza675,420/
Colca672,461/
Colţa6713/
Kolza676/
Zolza674/
Colcu672/
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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 Coltzau
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