Cottriau Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cottriau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cottriau 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
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Cottriau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cottriau is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottriau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cottriau live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 459,866. In Belgium Cottriau is most common in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

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
Couriau802/
Couriaut75118/
Corriaux7547/
Couriaud7524/
Coriou71410/
Koriau7112/
Courriaud712/
Courriaux711/
Cariaux67120/
Corriou67101/
Carriau6753/
Couriou6717/
Courriault6712/
Corioux671/
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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 Cottriau
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