Kotwala Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Kotwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3001:2,556,88581,006
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kotwala (18) may also be a first name.

Kotwala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kotwala Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kotwala (Marathi: कोटवाला) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotwala? popularity and diffusion

Kotwala is the 801,116th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kotwala are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.

It is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 2,556,885. In India Kotwala is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 63 percent are found, Telangana, where 13 percent are found and West Bengal, where 12 percent are found. Other than India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 12 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kotwala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotwala in the Marathi language
कोटवालाkotavala94.4
कोटवालेkotavale1.6
कोटवालkotavala1.6
कोटावालाkotavala0.8
कोतवालाkotavala0.8
कोतवालkotavala0.8

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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 Kotwala
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