Cottem Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Cottem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Cottem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cottem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cottem occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cottem? popularity and diffusion
Cottem is the 2,506,728th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Cottem reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Cottem is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 205,297. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent live, Walloon Region, where 18 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Cottem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cottem has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cottem
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