Frequency: (195)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Portuguese: diminutive of Couto. This name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 19%; Portuguese 13%. Manuel (4), Jose (3), Adriano (2), Jesus (2), Pedro (2), Armando, Augusto, Decio, Eusebio, Fabiola, Fernando, Luiz; Agostinho, Joaquim, Terezinha.
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