Cotú Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Cotú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 18 | 1:9,857 | 632 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Cotu (402) & Çotu (189) are calculated separately.
Cotú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotú Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cotú is more frequently found in São Tomé and Príncipe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Cotu or Çotu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotú? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Cotú are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Luso-Central Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in São Tomé and Príncipe, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,857. In São Tomé and Príncipe Cotú is mostly found in: São Tomé, where 100 percent are found. Apart from São Tomé and Príncipe this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Portugal, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotu | 92 | 402 | / |
| Cotúa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Çotu | 83 | 189 | / |
| Catú | 75 | 12 | / |
| Cotó | 75 | 3 | / |
| Coutu | 67 | 7,489 | / |
| Chotu | 67 | 1,087 | / |
| Coştu | 67 | 700 | / |
| Cottu | 67 | 454 | / |
| Ciotu | 67 | 391 | / |
| Cotut | 67 | 313 | / |
| Cotão | 67 | 101 | / |
| Cotui | 67 | 66 | / |
| Cotuț | 67 | 50 | / |
| Kotúč | 67 | 43 | / |
| Cotau | 67 | 41 | / |
| Cotuy | 67 | 36 | / |
| Coitu | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kotúľ | 67 | 32 | / |
| Cotus | 67 | 21 | / |
| Csotó | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cotou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Costu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cotoe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cuotu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cotuá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coteu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coutü | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coutó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cotoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cothu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Cotú
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