{{wiktionary|kohout|Kohout}} '''Kohout''' (feminine: '''Kohoutová''') is a Czech surname, meaning 'rooster'. The Polish counterpart is Kogut and the Slovak counterpart is Kohút. Notable people with the surname include:
*Aleš Kohout (born 1972), Czech footballer *Antonín Kohout (1919–2013), Czech cellist *Eduard Kohout (1889–1976), Czech actor *František Kohout (died 1822), Czech botanical collector and gardener *Jan Kohout (born 1961), Czech diplomat and politician *Josef Kohout, known under his pen name Heinz Heger (1917–1994), Austrian Nazi concentration camp survivor *Michal Kohout (born 1996), Czech cyclist *Milan Kohout (born 1955), Czech-American artist and writer *Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech-Austrian novelist, playwright and poet *Pavel Kohout (organist) (born 1976), Czech organist *Slavka Kohout (1932–2024), American figure skating coach *Zdeněk Kohout (born 1967), Czech bobsledder
==See also== *{{intitle|Kohout}} *{{intitle|Kohoutova}} *Kohoutek *Kohut *Marta Pavlisová, married Marta Kohoutová (1914–1953), Czech sprint canoer
{{Rooster-surname}} {{surname|Kohout}}
Category:Czech-language surnames from nicknames