Cotayan Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Cotayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
Cotayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cotayan has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Cotayan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotayan? popularity and diffusion
Cotayan is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Cotayan reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 2,469,225. In The Philippines Cotayan is most numerous in: Eastern Visayas, where 49 percent live, Caraga, where 17 percent live and Calabarzon, where 12 percent live. Barring The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 9 percent live.
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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 Cotayan
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