Kotek Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kotek, so the heraldry linked to Kot is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Family name meaning

Ancestors listed as Kotek are often found as Kot a generation earlier. At root, the name means “Cat”.

With the diminutive -ek, Kotek is a pet form of Kot that became a surname in its own right. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. About 468 people in the United States were recorded as Kotek in 2010, placing it 45,653 on the national list.

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