Kotak

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/koʊtək/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kotak is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 12M(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 351K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 409K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kotak itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

245 named Kotik, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 351K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KotakLatin(measured from records)
กทกThai(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kotak counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kotak is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States245as Kotik1 in 1.4M296Kotak123
GB United Kingdom≈160 est.≈1 in 409K—Kotak53
PL Poland154as Kotik1 in 249K84——
IN India1071 in 12M107Kotak128
AR Argentina106as Kotik1 in 429K106——
SG Singapore≈13 est.≈1 in 485K—Kotak6
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351K8——

245 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling kotik. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kotak is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kotãk

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, Canada

    Also written Kotãk

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kotãk

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kotak is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Indonesian, box; case (cuboid container)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Malay, box (cuboid container)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In abp, cackling of a hen

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Vaju Kotak, b. 1915Uday Kotak, b. 1959Rubina Kotak, b. 1975Karishma Kotak, b. 1982
  • Vaju Kotakb. 1915INIndian writer, journalist, publisher (1915-1959)
  • Uday Kotakb. 1959INExecutive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank
  • Rubina Kotakb. 1975SEresearcher
  • Karishma Kotakb. 1982GBBritish model, actress and television presenter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय Kotak जी,Respected Kotak ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Kotak जी,Hi Kotak, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Kotak
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020296#71,105
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010207#89,403
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000159#104,257
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—107#27,118
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#24,518
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kotak?
A machine transcription gives /koʊtək/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Kotak have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 245 people named Kotik, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kotak?
In India, the national register counted 107 people named Kotak, about 1 in 12 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kotak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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