Otieno Forename

6,892nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 152,331 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Otieno Forename User-submission:

Otieno (male) and Atieno (female) is a Luo name, which means 'born at night'. Luo is a Nilotic group generally found in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania around Lake Victoria. It comes from the word otieno, which means 'night'.

Otieno Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
60%
 
150,6901:30743
Tanzania
100%
1,5481:34,1012,875
Uganda
86%
 
281:1,462,74721,804
United States-261:13,943,730127,115
Sudan-161:2,362,9363,917
South Africa-41:13,633,162197,070
England-21:27,801,460132,211
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Sweden-11:9,857,90778,968
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Otieno (573,228) may also be a surname.

Otieno Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Otieno (male) and Atieno (female) is a Luo name, which means 'born at night'. Luo is a Nilotic group generally found in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania around Lake Victoria. It comes from the word otieno, which means 'night'.

- otieno

Otieno means 'born at night'. It is a name given to boys.

- enosoti

Otieno Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ottieno921/
Otiengno869/
Atieno8349,566/
Otiena836/
Otyeno834/
Oteino832/
Ottwino776/
Othiena774/
Ottiena772/
Atienuo771/
Autieno771/
Attieno771/
Otiyongo718/
Austieno711/
Athienno711/
Atiena6759/
Ateino6713/
Otyina671/
Atyeno671/
Gotihaino671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Otieno