van Cotthem Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
van Cotthem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 418 | 1:27,504 | 4,392 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Cotthem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Cotthem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Cotthem is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Cotthem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 667,223rd most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. van Cotthem occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Cotthem reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 27,504. In Belgium van Cotthem is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 14 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Belgium this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Cothem | 95 | 11 | / |
| van Cottem | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Cootem | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Cauthem | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Zuthem | 76 | 229 | / |
| van Custem | 76 | 8 | / |
| van Cautem | 76 | 2 | / |
| van Quathem | 73 | 141 | / |
| van Quaethem | 70 | 227 | / |
| von Kothen | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Quatem | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 van Cotthem
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