Kotje Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kotje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
The alternate forms: Kötje (10) are calculated separately.
Kotje (105) may also be a first name.
Kotje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kotje is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kötje. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kotje is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kotje reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most common first name on earth, borne by 105 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Kotje is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Kotje exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Lesotho, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Kotje
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