Omotuwa Surname
Approximately 486 people bear this surname
Omotuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 459 | 1:385,932 | 20,396 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Omotuwa (25) may also be a first name.
Omotuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omotuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omotuwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omotuwa? popularity and diffusion
Omotuwa is the 629,292nd most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omotuwa reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 459 people, or 1 in 385,932. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 74 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omotouwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Omotiwa | 86 | 137 | / |
| Omotuwe | 86 | 7 | / |
| Omotuba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Omotowha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ometouwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omotowo | 71 | 68 | / |
| Omotubi | 71 | 44 | / |
| Emetuwa | 71 | 31 | / |
| Omotubo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amatuwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omatuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omutuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emotiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omotiwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emetuwah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Omotowho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emeteuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oumoutoubi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ematuwo | 57 | 13 | / |
| Amatuva | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omatubi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Amatuwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Amatuwei | 53 | 7 | / |
| Hamatuba | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Omotuwa
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