Couleau Surname

582,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Couleau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Couleau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5331:124,62018,942
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Couleau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Couleau is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Couleau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 582,011th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Couleau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 533 people, or 1 in 124,620. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 40 percent live, Occitanie, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 17 percent live. Outside of France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coleau92339/
Culea833,025/
Colea83663/
Coilleau801/
Caulea77280/
Collea77148/
Colțea77141/
Colgea7795/
Caleau7773/
Cușlea7733/
Coleou7731/
Culețu7727/
Coleah7711/
Coleha772/
Coliea771/
Colåea771/
Couliou71433/
Colesea7158/
Culicea7138/
Colleou7111/
Cosleou714/
Kouleha713/
Colleay711/
Coleșea711/
Coleașă711/
Colèšea711/
Kouleahoue711/
Colegia711/
Colehat711/
Colja67905/
Calea67560/
Colléaux6729/
Coulliou6716/
Kouelieu6712/
Collegia672/
Colichea671/
Kouleyou671/
Koulehou671/
Culja671/
Colehass670/
Colehous670/

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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
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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
  • 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 Couleau
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