Kotb Surname

8,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Kotb Surname User-submission:

Kotb and Qutb mean 'pole', noun of the adjective, 'polar'. Kotby means 'polar'.

Kotb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt58,8801:1,561215
Saudi Arabia5,6451:5,466753
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Kuwait1061:35,8564,508
United Arab Emirates1021:89,8268,037
United States901:4,027,321218,060
Qatar751:31,4403,355
Canada441:837,40065,151
England401:1,392,95161,553
France181:3,690,151224,666
Austria121:709,62061,025
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Oman61:614,6626,082
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Kotb (2,938) may also be a first name.

Kotb Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kotb and Qutb mean 'pole', noun of the adjective, 'polar'. Kotby means 'polar'.

- abdo_kotb

Kotb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotb (Arabic: قطب) occurs most in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kotb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotb? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,698th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 111,471 people. The last name Kotb occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kotb are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 133,828th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 2,938 people.

This last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 58,880 people, or 1 in 1,561. Outside of Egypt this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent reside and Morocco, where 0 percent reside.

Kotb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kotb last name are 20.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kotb earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.41% less than the national average, earning R 103,584 per year; in United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,954 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kottb89698/
Koutb89599/
Kootb89183/
Khotb891/
Kotp754,168/
Qotb751,980/
Kutb75345/
Katb7515/
Ketb751/
Quotb67290/
Kottp67244/
Koutp67183/
Qoutb67123/
Katbh67107/
Kathb6791/
Khatb676/
Kuttb671/
Kotps671/
Keutb671/

Kotb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotb in the Arabic language
قطبqtb-

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