Lotanga Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Lotanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lotanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
Solomon Islands91:64,44812,261
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lotanga (35) may also be a first name.

Lotanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lotanga is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lotanga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lotanga? popularity and diffusion

Lotanga is the 928,396th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. Lotanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lotanga live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lotanga is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 269,633. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Lotanga
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