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Indigenous surname · Maya

Couoh

"tarantula"

Say it

koh-WOH

Where it comes from

Yucatec kowoh (tarantula)

Meaning of the surname Couoh

Couoh is a Maya surname of the indigenous type meaning "tarantula". It is an uncommon surname in Mexico. The Couoh lineage ruled the province of Champotón in Campeche.

Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Couoh appears as either half of a pair: Couoh García, López Couoh. Read how the two-surname system works.

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