Cotija Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Cotija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 83 | 1:1,495,496 | 16,204 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Cotija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cotija occurs more in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cotija is the 2,034,059th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname Cotija occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cotija are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
The last name is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 1,495,496. In Mexico it is most frequent in: México, where 61 percent are found, Mexico City, where 28 percent are found and Baja California, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Mexico it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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 Cotija
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