The surname Kohout
A Czech surname, carried by 1,362 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K300
Origin
Czech origin
From Czech kohout (“rooster”).
One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,362 people named Kohout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.
Who is named Kohout
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Kohout identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 97%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Kohouts
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Heinz HegerAustrian gay concentration camp survivor (1915-1994)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kohout
Kohout has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.
Other Czech surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kohout come from?
- From Czech kohout (“rooster”).
- How common is the surname Kohout?
- 1,362 people in the United States had the surname Kohout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kohout?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kohout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Kohout?
- Heinz Heger, Austrian gay concentration camp survivor (1915-1994).
- Where is the surname Kohout most common?
- Wikidata records people named Kohout in Austria.
- Is the surname Kohout getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, up 4.8%.