Kottou Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Kottou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 92 | 1:250,774 | 9,967 |
| Greece | 67 | 1:165,370 | 26,937 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kottou (25) may also be a first name.
Kottou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kottou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kottou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kottou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kottou is the 1,369,340th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Kottou reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kottou is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 250,774. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Lagunes District, where 75 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 42 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kottou
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