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
Rotney is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rotney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Rotney is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Rotney reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Rotney is also the 1,212,820th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 65 people.
Rotney is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Rotney is most numerous in: Jiwaka, where 33 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 33 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 17 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 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
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- 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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