Okotako Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okotako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okotako Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1591:1,114,10545,936
England31:18,572,686338,250

Okotako (10) may also be a first name.

Okotako Last Name Facts

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

Okotako is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okotako? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,364,059th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. Okotako occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okotako reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okotako is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

The surname Okotako is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria Okotako is most common in: Edo, where 72 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okotoko86117/
Okotaka8669/
Akostakoi7518/
Akoutakou751/
Akotaka7155/
Akatako7148/
Ekotaka7122/
Ekatako714/
Okataka714/
Okoutoukou711/
Akatakou6711/
Eketakoy671/
Oketoukou633/
Akataka5758/
Akotoka5717/
Ekataka576/
Eketaka573/
Acotaco571/
Acotacot5373/
Acotacoy531/
Hakutaka531/
Akhatakad501/

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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 Okotako
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