Kotzé Surname

87,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kotzé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotzé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5,4631:9,9171,231
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

The alternate forms: Kotze (27,589) & Kotzè (9) are calculated separately.

Kotzé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotzé is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kotze or Kotzè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotzé? popularity and diffusion

It is the 87,536th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,326,214 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kotzé live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kotzé is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 5,463 people, or 1 in 9,917. In South Africa Kotzé is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 30 percent live, Western Cape, where 26 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live. Apart from South Africa Kotzé is found in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kotze9327,589/
Kotzè939/
Kotzée911/
Kotza80315/
Kotzy8017/
Kotzi802/
Kotzä801/
Kotzee732,071/
Kotzer73374/
Kotziy7351/
Kotzea7330/
Gkotzi7328/
Koutzi7324/
Kotzie7319/
Kohtze7312/
Koutze735/
Kotz'e732/
Kootze731/
Koutza731/
Kotzza731/
Kostzer6750/
Koutzis6736/
Gkoutzi6726/
Kotzich6722/
Gkoutza6719/
Gkotzai6715/
Gkotzis6711/
Kohtzer678/
Koutzii673/
Kazé672/
Kouttza671/
Koitzer670/
Koytzer670/

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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 Kotzé
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