Cottenies Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cottenies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cottenies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
France11:66,422,722504,397

Cottenies Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cottenies is found most in Belgium. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottenies? popularity and diffusion

Cottenies is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Cottenies are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 425,802. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 3 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Cottenies
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