What is "kohout"

Kohout (meaning rooster) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Jan Kohout (born 1961), Czech diplomat and politician
• Josef Kohout (1917–1994), Austrian Nazi concentration camp survivor
• Marta Kohoutová, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
• Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet
• Pavel Kohout (organist) (born 1976), Czech organist
• Slavka Kohout, American figure skating coach