Cotteau Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Cotteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cotteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1661:400,13758,863
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Cotteau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cotteau is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cotteau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,333,288th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cotteau are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 400,137. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 42 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 29 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 15 percent are found. Barring France this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotteaux93221/
Coutteau93128/
Chotteau9345/
Couttteau881/
Catteau864,288/
Sotteau86339/
Coiteau8647/
Cotta839,366/
Cotau8341/
Coteu831/
Catteaux80142/
Costeaux8061/
Couteaut8031/
Couteaud8022/
Cotthaus8022/
Coûteaux8014/
Catteaud804/
Coiteaux800/
Ciotta773,172/
Scotta772,283/
Chotta771,410/
Cottaz771,002/
Costta77334/
Ciotau77326/
Cattau77199/
Cottat77133/
Cottas7773/
Coutta7752/
Soteau7729/
Coutau7722/
Coiteu7713/
Sotteu776/
Dcotta773/
Kottau772/
Cottha772/
Catteu772/
Coetta771/
Koteau771/
Costau771/
Cottad771/
Cotaut770/
Joutteaux7566/
Cousteaux7564/
Tchouteau751/
Couteault751/
Cota7382,127/
Kottaud711,434/
Coutaud711,321/
Jouteau71343/
Jatteau71305/
D'Cotta71240/
Cateaux71192/
Coustau71187/
Cattaux7179/
Cattaud7173/
Coutaut7169/
Chuteau7133/
Casteau7125/
Choutta7115/
Coutaux7114/
Couttas7114/
Zatteau717/
Choitta717/
Chottaa714/
Chhotta714/
Cohutta714/
Costaud712/
Cauteau711/
Tcoutta711/
Cahteau711/
Chāteau711/
Katteau710/
Costa671,881,518/
Chota6721,296/
Cotto6712,282/
Kotta679,824/
Sotta671,923/
Zotta671,873/
Catta671,390/
Coita671,276/
Ciota671,027/
Jotta67627/
Couta67576/
Cotas67573/
Scota67372/
Catau67365/
Ccota67249/
Coutault67170/
Cotot67157/
Chauteau67132/
Coustaut67127/
Cotha67123/
Cutta67111/
Cotoa67103/
Coustaud6786/
Cotad6773/
Koteu6749/
Jouteaux6719/
Coustaux6717/
Cotat6717/
Cuota6717/
Casteaud6716/
Coeta6715/
Tchoutta6715/
Cateu6712/
Catheaux6711/
Csota6710/
Cotou679/
Cotaz679/
Cozta678/
Coota678/
Coyta675/
Codta675/
Ckota673/
Cotah672/
Soteu672/
Zoteu672/
Custeaus671/
Jatteaux671/
Czota671/
Cgota671/
Casteaux671/
Coëta671/
Choittah671/
Chouttah671/
Cohta671/
Coustaus670/
Cuteu670/

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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 Cotteau
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