Find out how popular the last name Kohout is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kohout.

Kohout, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kohout surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kohout in America

Kohout is the 19763rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kohout surname appeared 1,362 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kohout.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kohout to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kohout

The surname KOHOUT is of Czech origin, deriving from the word "kohout" which means "rooster" or "cock" in Czech. The name likely originated in the 13th or 14th century, referring to someone who raised roosters or lived near a location associated with roosters.

The earliest recorded instances of the KOHOUT surname date back to the 15th century in various regions of what is now the Czech Republic. The name appeared in various forms, such as Kohut, Kohautek, and Kohoutek, reflecting local dialects and spelling variations.

One notable early bearer of the KOHOUT name was Jan Kohout, a Czech Protestant reformer and writer who lived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was a critic of the Catholic Church and played a role in the Bohemian Reformation movement.

The KOHOUT surname may also have been derived from a place name, as was common in the Middle Ages. Some potential place names associated with the surname include Kohoutov, a village in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic, or Kohoutovice, a district of the city of Brno.

Other historical figures with the KOHOUT surname include Václav Kohout (1608-1676), a Czech Baroque painter known for his religious works, and František Kohout (1838-1918), a Czech painter and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the 19th century, the KOHOUT surname spread beyond the Czech lands as part of broader migration patterns. Notable bearers of the name from this period include Ludvík Kohout (1850-1909), a Czech-American journalist and writer who emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century.

While the KOHOUT surname is most prevalent in the Czech Republic and among people of Czech descent, it can also be found in other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, reflecting the historical migrations and cultural influences in the region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kohout

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kohout.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kohout was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kohout has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kohout was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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