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
Kohoutek Kohut Marta Pavlisová, married Marta Kohoutová (1914–1953), Czech sprint canoer