Cotofan Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Cotofan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cotofan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova3171:11,2351,935
Romania2121:94,70710,875
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Coţofan (9) & Coțofan (2) are calculated separately.

Cotofan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cotofan occurs in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Coţofan or Coțofan. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotofan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 579,404th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. The surname Cotofan is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cotofan are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 11,235. In Moldova Cotofan is primarily concentrated in: Chișinău Municipality, where 21 percent live, Hîncești District, where 19 percent live and Strășeni District, where 11 percent live. Besides Moldova this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Cotofan Last Name Statistics demography

Cotofan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Cotofan
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