Kotonya Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kotonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya551:839,63532,298
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kotonya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kotonya (Russian: Котоня) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotonya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kotonya is the 2,436,415th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kotonya live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya Kotonya is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 93 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Kotonya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kotonya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kotonya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotonya in the Russian language
Котоняkotona-

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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 Kotonya
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