Kautu Surname
Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname
Kautu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 541 | 1:15,072 | 1,459 |
| Kiribati | 300 | 1:378 | 84 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Kenya | 178 | 1:259,438 | 17,397 |
| Zambia | 65 | 1:243,845 | 14,860 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kautu (256) may also be a first name.
Kautu Demographics
Kautu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kautu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kautu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kautu (Hindi: कौटू, Marathi: कउतु, Oriya: େକୗତୁ) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kautu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 293,918th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,610,120 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Kautu live; 65 percent live in Oceania Islands and 42 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 556,659th most common first name globally. It is borne by 256 people.
The surname Kautu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 541 people, or 1 in 15,072. In Papua New Guinea Kautu is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 90 percent live, East New Britain, where 6 percent live and Western, where 2 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kiribati, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Kautu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kautu surname is predominantly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kautu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kautu in the Hindi language | ||
| कौटू | kautu | 66.67 |
| कौतू | kautu | 33.33 |
| Kautu in the Oriya language | ||
| େକୗତୁ | ekatu | 50 |
| କଉତୁ | ka'utu | 50 |
| Kautu in the Marathi language | ||
| कउतु | ka'utu | 45.45 |
| कऊतु | ka'utu | 18.18 |
| कौतू | kautu | 18.18 |
| कंुतू | kamutu | 9.09 |
| कौतु | kautu | 9.09 |
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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 Kautu
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