Kotenko Surname

24,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,899 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kotenko Surname User-submission:

(Ukrainian) The Kotenko surname refers to one who rolls something.

Kotenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine11,5711:3,934358
Russia8,8301:16,3222,284
Kazakhstan7411:23,8633,397
Belarus2171:43,7847,494
United States1481:2,449,047150,246
Kyrgyzstan931:64,2228,752
Uzbekistan601:515,48611,776
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
England181:3,095,448105,421
Transnistria161:29,6694,918
Moldova141:254,38322,033
Latvia131:157,69620,118
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Koteńko (3) are calculated separately.

Kotenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Ukrainian) The Kotenko surname refers to one who rolls something.

- vailer15

Kotenko Last Name Facts

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

Kotenko (Georgian: კოტენკო, Russian: Котенко) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can appear in the variant forms: Koteńko. For other possible spellings of Kotenko click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 24,663rd most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 332,780 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Kotenko live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Kotenko is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is held by 11,571 people, or 1 in 3,934. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 14 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Sumy Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this last name is found in 43 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 40 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent are found.

Kotenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kotenko surname are 12.08% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kotenko earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $45,536 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kotenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotenko in the Georgian language
კოტენკოkotenko-
Kotenko in the Russian language
Котенкоkotenko-

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