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
Kotakan occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kotakan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotakan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kotakan is the 2,979,664th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Kotakan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Kotakan live; 79 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kotakan is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name in the world, held by 27 people.
Kotakan is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 88 percent are found and Hela, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
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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