Rotney Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Rotney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Rotney (65) may also be a first name.
Rotney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rotney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rotney occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rotney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Rotney occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Rotney are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name globally, borne by 65 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 33 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 33 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 17 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Rotney
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