Kottaiyan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kottaiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kottaiyan (9) may also be a first name.
Kottaiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kottaiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kottaiyan is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kottaiyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Kottaiyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kottaiyan is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Kottaiyan live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kottaiyan is also the 3,941,740th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 9 people.
The surname Kottaiyan is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Kottaiyan is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 75 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent reside. Beside Malaysia Kottaiyan is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Kottaiyan
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