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 occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotoua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kotoua reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kotoua is also the 910,230th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 107 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 98,140. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 78 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis