Kohout

See also: kohout

English

Etymology

From Czech kohout (“rooster”).

Proper noun

Kohout (plural Kohouts)

1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kohout is the 19763^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1362 individuals. Kohout is most common among White (96.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kohout”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330.

Czech

Etymology

From kohout (“rooster”). Cognate with Polish Kogut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoɦou̯t]

Proper noun

Kohout m anim (female equivalent Kohoutová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kohout (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kohout	Kohoutové
genitive	Kohouta	Kohoutů
dative	Kohoutovi	Kohoutům
accusative	Kohouta	Kohouty
vocative	Kohoute	Kohoutové
locative	Kohoutovi	Kohoutech
instrumental	Kohoutem	Kohouty

Further reading

• “Kohout”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Alternative forms

• Kohut

Etymology

From Czech Kohout, from kohout (“rooster”). The meaning is equivalent to the native surname Hahn.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Kohout m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kohouts or (with an article) Kohout, feminine genitive Kohout, plural Kohouts)

1. a surname