Cotocu Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Cotocu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cotocu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania91:2,230,87454,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Cotocu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cotocu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cotocu is found most in Romania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotocu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Cotocu reside; 90 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,230,874. In Romania it is most numerous in: Dolj County, where 44 percent live, Gorj County, where 44 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 11 percent live. Other than Romania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotociu928/
Cotacu832/
Chotoku77129/
Kotocou771/
Costascu718/
Costacou716/
Kotoku672,986/
Kotoju67558/
Jotoku67278/
Sotoku67176/
Kotosu671/
Katocu671/
Catacu671/
Cotazu671/
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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 Cotocu
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