Boteng Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Boteng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Philippines | 156 | 1:648,963 | 68,172 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Boteng (155) may also be a first name.
Boteng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boteng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boteng is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Boteng.
How Common Is The Last Name Boteng? popularity and diffusion
Boteng is the 624,505th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Boteng are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 738,219th most commonly used given name in the world, held by 155 people.
The last name Boteng is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Apart from Ghana this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent reside and Botswana, where 6 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boteng
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