Koçu Surname
Approximately 1,225 people bear this surname
Koçu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,220 | 1:63,788 | 6,055 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
The alternate forms: Kocu (851) & Koču (1) are calculated separately.
Koçu (26) may also be a first name.
Koçu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koçu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koçu is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Kocu or Koču. For other potential spellings of Koçu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koçu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 308,137th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,949,017 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Koçu live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Koçu is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 26 people.
Koçu is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,220 people, or 1 in 63,788. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside, Mus Province, where 11 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey it exists in one country. It is also found in Albania, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Koçu
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