Kotonou Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Kotonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 242 | 1:75,835 | 2,775 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Kotonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kotonou has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotonou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kotonou is the 914,967th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kotonou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 75,835. In Burkina Faso Kotonou is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 95 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 4 percent live and Centre Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 13 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kotonou
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