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 last name Opite is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Opīte. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opite? popularity and diffusion
The last name Opite is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Opite reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 17 people.
Opite is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 81 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 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 Opite
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