Kötz Surname
Approximately 943 people bear this surname
Kötz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 924 | 1:87,127 | 10,985 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Kotz (5,690) are calculated separately.
Kötz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kötz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kötz is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Kotz. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kötz? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 378,680th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,728,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kötz are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Kötz is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 924 people, or 1 in 87,127. In Germany Kötz is most frequent in: Saxony, where 23 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotz | 92 | 5,690 | / |
| Köz | 86 | 7,999 | / |
| Köt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Katz | 75 | 87,766 | / |
| Ketz | 75 | 1,352 | / |
| Köth | 75 | 1,124 | / |
| Kött | 75 | 262 | / |
| Kötő | 75 | 40 | / |
| Kötzsch | 73 | 145 | / |
| Kaatz | 67 | 3,782 | / |
| Koetz | 67 | 1,124 | / |
| Kohtz | 67 | 789 | / |
| Keutz | 67 | 111 | / |
| Kötte | 67 | 91 | / |
| Kaetz | 67 | 84 | / |
| Keetz | 67 | 83 | / |
| Kattz | 67 | 68 | / |
| Kahtz | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kettz | 67 | 24 | / |
| Köths | 67 | 14 | / |
| Köcze | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kötzsche | 67 | 8 | / |
| Katsz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Köttő | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kotcz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kadtz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Katcz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koztz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khatz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuitz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kötz
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