Gotan Surname
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Gotan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 347 | 1:368,427 | 12,331 |
| Nigeria | 247 | 1:717,177 | 32,914 |
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Gotan (257) may also be a first name.
Gotan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gotan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gotan (Hindi: गोटन, Marathi: गोटन, Oriya: େଗାତନ, Russian: Готан) is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gotan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 447,229th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 9,563,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Gotan reside; 46 percent reside in East Asia and 46 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Gotan is also the 555,528th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 257 people.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 368,427. In Japan Gotan is primarily found in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 47 percent are found, Kumamoto Prefecture, where 32 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Japan this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gotan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gotan in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାତନ | egatana | - |
| Gotan in the Marathi language | ||
| गोटन | gotana | 88.5 |
| गोतन | gotana | 4.5 |
| गोटण | gotana | 2.5 |
| गोटं | gotam | 2 |
| गोतान | gotana | 1 |
| गोचन | gocana | 0.5 |
| गेटन | getana | 0.5 |
| Gotan in the Hindi language | ||
| गोटन | gotana | 73.68 |
| गोतन | gotana | 21.05 |
| गोतान | gotana | 5.26 |
| Gotan in the Russian language | ||
| Готан | gotan | - |
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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
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- 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 Gotan
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