Onotu Surname

150,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onotu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onotu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,9151:60,7694,518
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Onotu (628) may also be a first name.

Onotu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onotu is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onotu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 150,074th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,477,914 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onotu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onotu is also the 332,375th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 628 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,915 people, or 1 in 60,769. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 36 percent live, Delta, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Onotu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (75%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onuotu9197/
Onootu917/
Onotou914/
Onottu911/
Onotus911/
Ongotau831/
Onutu80393/
Enotu80380/
Onatu80215/
Onetu80106/
Anotu8014/
Unotu801/
Ongoutou772/
Angotu738,827/
Ongutu73147/
Hanotu73116/
Onattu7337/
Anoitu733/
Osnatu732/
Aanotu731/
Anothu731/
Onatus731/
Onateu731/
Onutou731/
Onutau731/
Onatou731/
Gonatu731/
Angothu672,918/
Ahanotu67814/
Aangotu67143/
Anotaux6711/
Angottu677/
Gonatou674/
Anoutou671/
Angoteu671/
Agnotou671/
Enoutou671/
Onahtus671/
Angotuu671/
Gonathu671/
Omnatou671/
Onatuis670/

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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
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  • 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 Onotu
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