Kotu Surname
Approximately 3,843 people bear this surname
Kotu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,400 | 1:547,904 | 26,999 |
| South Africa | 968 | 1:55,969 | 7,103 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Indonesia | 478 | 1:276,672 | 24,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 182 | 1:44,801 | 5,515 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Kötü (113) are calculated separately.
Kotu (3,145) may also be a first name.
Kotu Demographics
Average Kotu Salary in
South Africa
R 161,640
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kotu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kotu (Hindi: कोटू, Marathi: कोतु, Oriya: େକାଟୁ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kötü. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 119,572nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,896,317 people. Kotu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Kotu are found; 36 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 128,297th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 3,145 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,400 people, or 1 in 547,904. In India Kotu is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 94 percent live, Telangana, where 3 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Excluding India it exists in 22 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Togo, where 14 percent live.
Kotu Last Name Statistics demography
Kotu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.98% less than the national average, earning R 161,640 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kotu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kotu in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଟୁ | ekatu | - |
| Kotu in the Hindi language | ||
| कोटू | kotu | 85.29 |
| कोटु | kotu | 11.76 |
| कोतु | kotu | 2.94 |
| Kotu in the Marathi language | ||
| कोतु | kotu | 43.13 |
| कोतू | kotu | 21.04 |
| कोटु | kotu | 18.96 |
| कोटू | kotu | 16.88 |
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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 Kotu
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