Kotau Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kotau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kotau (13) may also be a first name.
Kotau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kotau (Hindi: कोटऊ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kotau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Kotau live; 72 percent live in Oceania Islands and 72 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kotau is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 71 percent live, Bougainville, where 24 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 5 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Kotau occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kotau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kotau in the Hindi language | ||
| कोटऊ | kota'u | - |
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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 Kotau
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