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 held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kotz. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kötz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 378,680th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,728,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kötz live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 924 people, or 1 in 87,127. In Germany Kötz is most common in: Saxony, where 23 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 16 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
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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