coute

[jolynn]

hello all, is this an italian surename or a derivision of another name, thanks john

[vj]

edit: see suanj's correction below
Hi John
Appears to be Italian
One way to do a quick surname only check:
Dr Steve Morse Ellis Island
Valarie

[jolynn]

hello valarie, thanks for that, kind regards john

[suanj]

Coute is CONTE... transcriped as Coute, but is really CONTE... because COUTE don't exist in Italy... never existed.........
suanj

[jolynn]

hello suanj, thanks again, regards john

[vj]

Hi suanj!
Thank you for the clarification!
That makes perfect sense
Valarie

[wldspirit]

Here is a handy site to check for surname existence in Italy:

http://www.gens.labo.net/

enter the surname of interest in the box "cognome" and click on the red arrow.....this will bring up a distribution map of the name......

as to the historical presence.....Suanj would be the expert there!!

wldspirit

[jolynn]

hello all, thankyou all for your interest, kind regards, john