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
The surname Cotija occurs more in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cotija.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotija? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most numerous last name in the world, held 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.
This surname is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 1,495,496. In Mexico it is mostly found in: México, where 61 percent are found, Mexico City, where 28 percent are found and Baja California, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Mexico this last name is found 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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