Kotans Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Kotans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 72 | 1:28,473 | 4,366 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Kotāns (1) are calculated separately.
Kotans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kotans (Russian: Котанс) is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Kotāns. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotans? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Kotans is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kotans live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Baltic Europe.
It is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 28,473. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Latgale, where 64 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 26 percent live and Vidzeme, where 6 percent live. Outside of Latvia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 14 percent live and Finland, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kotans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kotans in the Russian language | ||
| Котанс | kotans | - |
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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 Kotans
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