Gotom Surname
Approximately 1,668 people bear this surname
Gotom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,417 | 1:125,013 | 8,200 |
| Cameroon | 207 | 1:100,334 | 11,860 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Gotom (227) may also be a first name.
Gotom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gotom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gotom (Russian: Готом) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gotom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gotom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 239,952nd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,369,032 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gotom reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gotom is also the 596,468th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 227 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,417 people, or 1 in 125,013. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 86 percent live, Kano, where 2 percent live and Nasarawa, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gotom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gotom in the Russian language | ||
| Готом | gotom | - |
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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 Gotom
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