Kotose Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kotose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kotose (37) may also be a first name.
Kotose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kotose (Russian: Котосе) occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotose? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kotose live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kotose is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,016,279. In Lesotho Kotose is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 50 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 50 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kotose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kotose in the Russian language | ||
| Котосе | kotose | - |
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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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- 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 Kotose
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