Cotu Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Cotu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 319 | 1:62,940 | 7,581 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 5 | 1:35,485 | 1,708 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Çotu (189) & Cotú (19) are calculated separately.
Cotu (325) may also be a first name.
Cotu Demographics
Average Cotu Salary in
United States
$21,450 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cotu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cotu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Çotu or Cotú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 723,769th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Cotu is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Cotu reside; 79 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 79 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cotu is also the 486,495th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 325 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 62,940. In Romania it is most common in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 87 percent live, Timiș County, where 10 percent live and Hunedoara County, where 1 percent live. Besides Romania this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent live and Portugal, where 7 percent live.
Cotu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cotu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cotu surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cotu Last Name Statistics demography
Cotu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.
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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 Cotu
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