Ocotan Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Ocotan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 301 | 1:21,076 | 946 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Ocotán (1) are calculated separately.
Ocotan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocotan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ocotan occurs most in El Salvador. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ocotán. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocotan? popularity and diffusion
Ocotan is the 887,624th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ocotan live; 99 percent live in Central America and 99 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The last name Ocotan is most frequently held in El Salvador, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 21,076. In El Salvador Ocotan is most frequent in: Sonsonate Department, where 87 percent live, Ahuachapán Department, where 7 percent live and Santa Ana Department, where 4 percent live. Excluding El Salvador this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocotán | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ochotan | 92 | 139 | / |
| Gocotan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okotan | 83 | 578 | / |
| Acotan | 83 | 38 | / |
| Osotan | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ecotan | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ocatan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Acostan | 77 | 118 | / |
| Okhotan | 77 | 16 | / |
| Gacotan | 77 | 11 | / |
| Acotain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asootan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoytan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoutan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okottan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hocutan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hucotan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okotang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osoutan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goukotan | 71 | 78 | / |
| Ocathain | 71 | 4 | / |
| Achothan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoitane | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Cathan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Acostaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okutan | 67 | 8,168 | / |
| Okatan | 67 | 4,085 | / |
| Ecatan | 67 | 212 | / |
| Akotan | 67 | 170 | / |
| O'Cathain | 67 | 116 | / |
| Acutan | 67 | 106 | / |
| Osatan | 67 | 41 | / |
| Okoton | 67 | 35 | / |
| Oketan | 67 | 32 | / |
| Acatan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Oukhoutan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gouzoutan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Asotan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ucatan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ozatan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azotan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goukottan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acottanne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Accoutant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Achoothan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocaton | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ocotan
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