Cottenceau Surname

368,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Monaco

Cottenceau Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'hills by the water'.

Cottenceau Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France9671:68,6899,548
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Cottenceau Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'hills by the water'.

- charlenecot
DNA test information

Cottenceau Last Name Facts

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

Cottenceau has its highest incidence in France. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottenceau? popularity and diffusion

Cottenceau is the 368,021st most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,451,478 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cottenceau reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 68,689. In France Cottenceau is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 57 percent live, Île-de-France, where 20 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent live. Not including France Cottenceau exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Couttenceau9521/
Cotenceau9514/
Coutenceau90150/
Castencau7418/
Cotenco71140/
Conjeau7125/
Cotenza713/
Conca676,655/
Costenco67359/
Conjeaud67191/
Kotencha6716/
Cotencio676/
Cotensia673/
Costenza672/
Consseau672/
Conchaud671/
Cuotenco671/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cottenceau
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