Kogut Surname

36,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kogut Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'rooster' in Polish.

Kogut Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland7,6481:4,970569
Russia3,1071:46,3876,164
United States2,2381:161,95716,483
Brazil3711:577,02021,523
Belarus1491:63,76510,616
Israel1491:57,4347,375
Kazakhstan1431:123,65413,004
Canada1301:283,42826,469
Germany1091:738,58255,640
England651:857,20145,134
France591:1,125,809120,603
Denmark551:102,6319,658
Argentina461:929,20559,251
Transnistria461:10,3202,064
Moldova371:96,25311,707
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Norway161:321,39331,311
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Kögüt (9) are calculated separately.

Kogut (11) may also be a first name.

Kogut Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'rooster' in Polish.

- jwarias2

Kogut Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kogut (Russian: Когут) is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kögüt. Click here for further possible spellings of Kogut.

How Common Is The Last Name Kogut? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kogut is the 36,357th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 502,347 people. The surname Kogut occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Kogut reside; 70 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 53 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kogut is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name Kogut is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 7,648 people, or 1 in 4,970. Other than Poland it occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Kogut Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (59%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Kogut are 11.78% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.55% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kogut earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 47.2% less than the national average, earning 182,745 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.88% more than the national average, earning $45,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.67% more than the national average, earning $64,425 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kongut9171/
Kogute9160/
Kogout9136/
Kogutt9134/
Koguth911/
Koggut911/
Kögüt879/
Kongaut836/
Konghut834/
Cogut80259/
Kugut80183/
Kogot80146/
Kagut804/
Kogud801/
Kogót801/
Kogutova7767/
Kogutová7711/
Kougoute771/
Kagute7335/
Kangut7330/
Cogute7314/
Kongud732/
K'Ogot731/
Kogoutová711/
Khongud6764/
Konghud677/
Kongaud671/

Kogut Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kogut in the Russian language
Когутkogut-

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