Kotajima Surname

292,296th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kotajima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotajima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,3061:97,8905,979
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Kotajima Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kotajima Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kotajima is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotajima? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kotajima is the 292,296th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,571,518 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kotajima are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 1,306 people, or 1 in 97,890. In Japan Kotajima is most prevalent in: Niigata Prefecture, where 43 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 17 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 15 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 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
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  • 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 Kotajima
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