Cottafava Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Cottafava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 464 | 1:131,803 | 21,230 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Cottafava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cottafava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cottafava is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cottafava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cottafava is the 615,220th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Cottafava reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Italic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 464 people, or 1 in 131,803. In Italy Cottafava is primarily found in: Emilia-Romagna, where 90 percent live, Liguria, where 4 percent live and Piedmont, where 4 percent live. Apart from Italy this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
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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 Cottafava
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