Kotang Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kotang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia651:2,034,603127,068
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kotang (218) may also be a first name.

Kotang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotang (Marathi: कोटांग) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Kotang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kotang reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 611,412th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 218 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,034,603. In Indonesia Kotang is most common in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Kotang exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kotang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotang in the Marathi language
कोटांगkotanga-

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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 Kotang
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