Mkotya Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Mkotya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 829 | 1:63,862 | 6,786 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mkotya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkotya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkotya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkotya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 418,171st most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name Mkotya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkotya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 829 people, or 1 in 63,862. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 54 percent are found, Singida Region, where 31 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Mkotya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mkotya
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