Kotex Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kotex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kotex Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kotex (11) may also be a first name.

Kotex Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotex is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotex? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Kotex occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kotex live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 11 people.

The surname Kotex is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotex8024/
Katex8017/
Kutex802/
Coteux7348/
Kotaix7330/
Cottex738/
Coitex731/
Kattex731/
Coiteux67499/
Costeix6722/
Cotteux6710/
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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 Kotex
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