Kotaira Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Kotaira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 238 | 1:537,161 | 14,984 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
Kotaira (493) may also be a first name.
Kotaira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotaira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kotaira is most common in Japan. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotaira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 998,609th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kotaira are found; 93 percent are found in East Asia and 93 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kotaira is also the 382,601st most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 493 people.
It is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 537,161. In Japan it is most common in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 26 percent live, Nagano Prefecture, where 21 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent live.
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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 Kotaira
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