Zotya Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Zotya Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'sovereign', 'ruler', 'emperor', 'leader', 'majesty', 'monarch', or 'governing'. The origins is of a Turkish-Hungarian extration.

Zotya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova151:237,42521,121
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Zotya Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'sovereign', 'ruler', 'emperor', 'leader', 'majesty', 'monarch', or 'governing'. The origins is of a Turkish-Hungarian extration.

- kizoti

Zotya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zotya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zotya (Russian: Зотя) is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zotya? popularity and diffusion

Zotya is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Zotya occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Zotya reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 47 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Zotya is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 237,425. In Moldova Zotya is most prevalent in: Chișinău Municipality, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Moldova this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 41 percent are found and Transnistria, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zotea80447/
Zatya80121/
Zotia8024/
Coutya7332/
Soutya7323/
Jothya733/
Zotiah732/
Zaatya731/
Ziotia731/
Zsotia731/
Zoteha731/
Sotoiya6712/
Souttya675/
Jothyaa671/
Cotayia671/

Zotya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zotya in the Russian language
Зотяzota-

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Footnotes

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