Lotyang Surname

90,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lotyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lotyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,2941:7,3741,286
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lotyang (2,582) may also be a first name.

Lotyang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lotyang is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lotyang click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lotyang? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 90,462nd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,375,268 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lotyang live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lotyang is also the 144,818th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 2,582 people.

Lotyang is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 5,294 people, or 1 in 7,374. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kotido District, where 47 percent are found, Kaabong District, where 40 percent are found and Napak District, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lothyang932/
Lotyanng931/
Lotiang86539/
Lutyang867/
Latyang863/
Liotiang801/
Lothiang801/
Loithiang754/
Latiang7181/
Lutiang711/
Lathiang6738/
Latoyong671/

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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 Lotyang
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