Omotaya Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Omotaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omotaya (28) may also be a first name.
Omotaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omotaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omotaya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Omotaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omotaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omotaya is the 3,100,440th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Omotaya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omotaya is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name in the world, held by 28 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Omotaya is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 31 percent are found, Kano, where 23 percent are found and Ekiti, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Omotaya
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