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
Gotom (Russian: Готом) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gotom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 239,952nd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,369,032 people. Gotom is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gotom live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gotom is also the 596,468th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 227 people.
The surname Gotom is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,417 people, or 1 in 125,013. In Nigeria Gotom is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 86 percent are found, Kano, where 2 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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