Côté Surname
Approximately 3,137 people bear this surname
Côté Surname User-submission:
(French) The Côté surname means 'side' in French. However, it may also be a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a slope or a riverbank, and less often on the coast, which could indicate that it may be from the Old French word coste.
Read More About This SurnameCôté Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3,068 | 1:12,010 | 1,788 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Coté (540), Côte (141), Côtè (2), Còté (1), Cote (103,985), Cotè (3) & Cotê (2) are calculated separately.
Côté Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(French) The Côté surname means 'side' in French. However, it may also be a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a slope or a riverbank, and less often on the coast, which could indicate that it may be from the Old French word coste.
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Where Does The Last Name Côté Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Côté has its highest incidence in Canada. It can be rendered as a variant: Coté, Côte, Côtè, Còté, Cote, Cotè or Cotê. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Côté? popularity and diffusion
The surname Côté is the 141,975th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,323,094 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Côté live; 98 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Gallo-North America.
The surname is most frequently used in Canada, where it is borne by 3,068 people, or 1 in 12,010. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 94 percent live, Ontario, where 4 percent live and New Brunswick, where 1 percent live. Outside of Canada Côté exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
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