Cotan Surname
Approximately 2,304 people bear this surname
Cotan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,089 | 1:18,437 | 2,389 |
| Spain | 951 | 1:49,161 | 4,615 |
| El Salvador | 62 | 1:102,321 | 1,650 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Cotán (17), Cotàn (1) & Çotan (1) are calculated separately.
Cotan (24) may also be a first name.
Cotan Demographics
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Cotan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cotan is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Cotán, Cotàn or Çotan. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cotan is the 184,200th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,162,997 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Cotan reside; 47 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 47 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cotan is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.
The surname Cotan is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 1,089 people, or 1 in 18,437. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Satu Mare County, where 27 percent reside, Gorj County, where 16 percent reside and Iași County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Romania this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 41 percent reside and El Salvador, where 3 percent reside.
Cotan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cotan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cotan surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cotan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Cotan are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.
Cotan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year.
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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
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