Kotakan Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Kotakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Kotakan (27) may also be a first name.
Kotakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kotakan is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kotakan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotakan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Kotakan reside; 79 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 79 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 27 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Kotakan is most numerous in: Enga, where 88 percent live and Hela, where 12 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotakane | 93 | 20 | / |
| Khotakan | 93 | 12 | / |
| Koitakan | 93 | 8 | / |
| Kotakaan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Khostakan | 88 | 191 | / |
| Khotakhan | 88 | 5 | / |
| Kotakaten | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kottakkan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Katakan | 86 | 47 | / |
| Kotacan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kotakon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kotekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Katakane | 80 | 18 | / |
| Khatakan | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kotekhan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kothakam | 80 | 4 | / |
| Katakhan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kotakoon | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kotakham | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kuttakan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Katakean | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kothakon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khotakam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kotacaan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kotacain | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khotakham | 75 | 86 | / |
| Khatakane | 75 | 70 | / |
| Khatakhan | 75 | 31 | / |
| Koutoukan | 75 | 22 | / |
| Kettakean | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kottakond | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kattakean | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kutthakan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Katakatin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuttakkan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ketacan | 71 | 2,746 | / |
| Katacan | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kutokan | 71 | 19 | / |
| Khoutakoun | 71 | 9 | / |
| Khoshtakam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Khotakoune | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kotacam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kotokon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Catakan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Katakon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Katekan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khotakkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khostokhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khettakean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katakanova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kautakasin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khadtakhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katokane | 67 | 76 | / |
| Kotokoun | 67 | 51 | / |
| Khatthakhan | 67 | 36 | / |
| Khadthakhan | 67 | 24 | / |
| Catakhan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kathakam | 67 | 8 | / |
| Katakham | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kotacaum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Katakkam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kettekan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kattekan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kotokone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kotecain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khatokan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kathokan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kataskam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katacand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kataakam | 67 | 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
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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 Kotakan
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