Cotau Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Cotau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Cotau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cotau is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cotau.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Cotau is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Cotau are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 573,653. In Romania Cotau is most numerous in: Bihor County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Romania Cotau occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and Spain, where 2 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
- 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 Cotau
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