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 more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotau? popularity and diffusion
Cotau is the 3,055,934th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Cotau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Cotau live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 573,653. In Romania it is mostly found in: Bihor County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.
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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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