The surname Koth
A Polish surname, carried by 1,159 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K300
Origin
Polish origin
* As a German surname, from the noun Kate (“hut, cottage”). Compare Kotz. Also shortened from names starting with Gott (“god”), such as Gottfried. * Also as a Germanized Slavic name, from Polish, Czech and Lower Sorbian kót (“tomcat”).
One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,159 people named Koth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,136.
Who is named Koth
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Koth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Koth has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.
Other Polish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Koth come from?
- * As a German surname, from the noun Kate (“hut, cottage”). Compare Kotz. Also shortened from names starting with Gott (“god”), such as Gottfried. * Also as a Germanized Slavic name, from Polish, Czech and Lower Sorbian kót (“tomcat”).
- How common is the surname Koth?
- 1,159 people in the United States had the surname Koth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Koth?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Koth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Koth getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, up 2.0%.