Opite Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Opite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Opīte (1) are calculated separately.
Opite (17) may also be a first name.
Opite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opite occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Opīte. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opite? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Opite is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Opite reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opite is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 17 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Opite is most numerous in: Kogi, where 81 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
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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 Opite
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