Cočev Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Cočev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cočev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801

The alternate forms: Cocev (159) & Čočev (22) are calculated separately.

Cočev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cočev is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cocev or Čočev. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cočev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Cočev is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cočev live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 414,612. Other than Slovenia Cočev occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 29 percent are found and Czechia, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cocev93159/
Čočev9322/
Cočeva912/
Kočev80203/
Sočev8083/
Coxev8078/
Cačev802/
Cosev801/
Cočevová776/
Kojčev73147/
Coicev73125/
Coceva7364/
Cochev7327/
Kohčev736/
Kočiev735/
Čočeva734/
Coseva732/
Chochev67344/
Kojčeva6798/
Coiceva6777/
Cocheva6728/
Chotzev6711/
Cosceev6710/
Coichev677/

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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
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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 Cočev
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