Kotoua Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Kotoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 187 | 1:98,140 | 3,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 51 | 1:452,377 | 14,862 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kotoua (107) may also be a first name.
Kotoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kotoua is most common in Burkina Faso. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotoua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,048,281st most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Kotoua is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kotoua are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kotoua is also the 910,230th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 107 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 98,140. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 78 percent live, Centre Region, where 14 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Kotoua
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