Cotima Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Cotima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Cotima (551) may also be a first name.
Cotima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cotima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cotima is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cotima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cotima are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Cotima is also the 358,643rd most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 551 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Cotima is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 33 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside and West Region, where 33 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 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 Cotima
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