Kotakov Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Kotakov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotakov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria591:118,2876,969
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699

Kotakov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotakov (Russian: Котаков) occurs most in Bulgaria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kotakov click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotakov? popularity and diffusion

Kotakov is the 2,034,059th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Kotakov reside; 69 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 118,287. In Bulgaria Kotakov is mostly concentrated in: Burgas Province, where 49 percent reside, Blagoevgrad Province, where 17 percent reside and Veliko Tarnovo Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 19 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kotakov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotakov in the Russian language
Котаковkotakov-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kotakov
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