Okotya Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Okotya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okotya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Okotya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okotya occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okotya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Okotya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okotya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 90 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okotia8334/
Ukotya834/
Okotea833/
Akotya831/
Ukhotya77188/
Okotiea771/
Akotia675,223/
Akotyo6745/
Okutia6712/
Okatia673/
Okotio671/
Akutya671/
Akatya671/
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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 Okotya
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