Koto Surname
Approximately 55,188 people bear this surname
Koto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11,860 | 1:871 | 98 |
| Indonesia | 11,463 | 1:11,537 | 1,466 |
| Japan | 9,474 | 1:13,494 | 1,703 |
| DR Congo | 6,813 | 1:10,844 | 1,340 |
| Madagascar | 6,209 | 1:3,809 | 791 |
| South Africa | 1,798 | 1:30,132 | 3,883 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 868 | 1:26,580 | 1,867 |
| Fiji | 754 | 1:1,186 | 145 |
| Turkey | 561 | 1:138,719 | 11,207 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Nigeria | 417 | 1:424,803 | 21,997 |
| Zimbabwe | 379 | 1:40,734 | 6,282 |
| Thailand | 272 | 1:259,700 | 44,253 |
| Lesotho | 246 | 1:8,262 | 1,842 |
| Brazil | 228 | 1:938,923 | 33,517 |
| Papua New Guinea | 208 | 1:39,201 | 4,741 |
| Liberia | 190 | 1:23,203 | 2,296 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Solomon Islands | 140 | 1:4,143 | 494 |
| Tonga | 140 | 1:767 | 219 |
| Congo | 95 | 1:52,517 | 4,804 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| Finland | 81 | 1:67,861 | 7,618 |
| Russia | 79 | 1:1,824,342 | 117,368 |
| Albania | 75 | 1:38,854 | 5,568 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Pakistan | 57 | 1:3,134,103 | 24,953 |
| Romania | 47 | 1:427,189 | 34,091 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Slovakia | 30 | 1:177,882 | 30,511 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Ukraine | 23 | 1:1,979,248 | 140,199 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Kotó (31), Koťo (7) & Kötô (1) are calculated separately.
Koto (66,074) may also be a first name.
Koto Demographics
Koto Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Koto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koto (Arabic: كوتو, Hindi: कोटो, Marathi: कोटो, Russian: Кото, Tibetan: ཀོ་ཏོ་) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Kotó, Koťo or Kötô. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koto? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,207th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 132,049 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Koto live; 26 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,594th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 66,074 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 11,860 people, or 1 in 871. In Benin Koto is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 63 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 16 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname is found in 92 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and Japan, where 17 percent are found.
Koto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Koto has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,530 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Christian (67%) in Kenya and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Koto surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Koto earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.31% less than the national average, earning R 153,732 per year; in United States they earn 16.19% more than the national average, earning $50,136 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $41,069 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koto in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀོ་ཏོ་ | koto | - |
| Koto in the Marathi language | ||
| कोटो | koto | - |
| Koto in the Hindi language | ||
| कोटो | koto | 78.95 |
| कोतो | koto | 21.05 |
| Koto in the Russian language | ||
| Кото | koto | - |
| Koto in the Arabic language | ||
| كوتو | kwtw | - |
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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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- 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 Koto
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