Cootjans Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Cootjans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cootjans 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
Netherlands851:198,67327,603
Belgium461:249,92730,800
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Cootjans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cootjans is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cootjans? popularity and diffusion

Cootjans is the 1,544,715th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cootjans live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Cootjans is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 198,673. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Limburg, where 72 percent live, North Brabant, where 15 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 34 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

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
Kostjans751/
Cosans71107/
Kojans713/
Cozans710/
Cozons710/
Cousans67146/
Cousons673/
Kotians672/
Couzans671/
Kosjans671/
Cozzons670/
Cozzans670/
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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 Cootjans
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