Koptong Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Koptong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Koptong (27) may also be a first name.
Koptong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koptong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koptong is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koptong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Koptong occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Koptong live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koptong is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 95 percent are found and Bauchi, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kopthong | 93 | 136 | / |
| Khopthong | 88 | 376 | / |
| Kouptoing | 88 | 1 | / |
| Khooptong | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kobtong | 86 | 2 | / |
| Koptung | 86 | 1 | / |
| Koptang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapthong | 80 | 212 | / |
| Kobthong | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kepthong | 80 | 23 | / |
| Kaptoing | 80 | 11 | / |
| Khobtong | 80 | 6 | / |
| Khobthong | 75 | 27 | / |
| Keepthong | 75 | 20 | / |
| Khapthong | 75 | 11 | / |
| Ckapthong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koubtoing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabtong | 71 | 18 | / |
| Kaptang | 71 | 18 | / |
| Captong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabthong | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kebthong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kavthong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cobtang | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kaptancık | 50 | 36 | / |
| Khavthang | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Koptong
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis