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
Voitan is most common in Benin. It can also be rendered as: Voïtan or Voîtan. For other potential spellings of Voitan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voitan? popularity and diffusion
Voitan is the 935,326th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Voitan live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 40,216. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 60 percent are found, Collines Department, where 12 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found. Barring Benin Voitan is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Voitan
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