Kotán Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Kotán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 216 | 1:45,446 | 4,827 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Kotan (13,080), Kótán (1) & Koťan (24) are calculated separately.
Kotán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kotán is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kotan, Kótán or Koťan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotán? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,041,601st most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Kotán occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kotán are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 45,446. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Budapest, where 23 percent live, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 22 percent live and Heves County, where 21 percent live. Excluding Hungary it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 5 percent live and Slovakia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kotán
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