Cottain Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Cottain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Cottain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cottain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cottain occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cottain? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Cottain reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 1,145,219. In France Cottain is most numerous in: Brittany, where 34 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 24 percent reside and Occitanie, where 24 percent reside. Without taking into account France it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Cottain
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