Opetu Surname
Approximately 707 people bear this surname
Opetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 576 | 1:80,173 | 7,409 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Opetu (16) may also be a first name.
Opetu Demographics
Opetu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Opetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opetu is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Opetu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 473,663rd most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,307,703 people. The last name Opetu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opetu reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 576 people, or 1 in 80,173. In Kenya Opetu is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 62 percent reside, Busia County, where 25 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Opetu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opoetu | 91 | 38 | / |
| Opetau | 91 | 11 | / |
| Opietu | 91 | 9 | / |
| Opetush | 83 | 3 | / |
| Opeatut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Apetu | 80 | 709 | / |
| Opotu | 80 | 397 | / |
| Epetu | 80 | 52 | / |
| Opitu | 80 | 32 | / |
| Opatu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Apeatu | 73 | 567 | / |
| Apietu | 73 | 368 | / |
| Epietu | 73 | 41 | / |
| Apetou | 73 | 10 | / |
| Opyotu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Opuitu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Opiotu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Apetau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Epettu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epeutu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epetau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aphetu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Appietu | 67 | 701 | / |
| Apeitou | 67 | 33 | / |
| Appetou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Appeatu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Opeytoo | 67 | 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 Opetu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis