Voitan Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Voitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 257 | 1:40,216 | 5,165 |
| Ukraine | 18 | 1:2,529,039 | 160,188 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Voïtan (318) & Voîtan (21) are calculated separately.
Voitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Voitan is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Voïtan or Voîtan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Voitan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 935,326th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Voitan live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 40,216. In Benin Voitan is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 60 percent reside, Collines Department, where 12 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Other than Benin Voitan occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Voitan
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