Kotanou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kotanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kotanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kotanou occurs most in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kotanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotanou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Kotanou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kotanou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kotanou is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 89 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Apart from Benin Kotanou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Togo, where 9 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kotanou
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