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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish, Czech, and Slovak : from a pet form of an Old Slavic personal name, Chotimir, Polish Chocimir, or possibly from kocan ‘cob’ (Polish kaczan).
  • Slovenian (Kočan) : topographic or status name for someone who lived in a cottage, from koča ‘cottage’.

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