Optat Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Optat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Optat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania861:615,60037,853
France271:2,460,101186,232
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Optat (17) may also be a first name.

Optat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Optat is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Optat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Optat? popularity and diffusion

Optat is the 1,628,521st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Optat is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Optat reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

Optat is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 615,600. In Tanzania Optat is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 87 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opta89212/
Gopta80716/
Hopta80531/
Oupta802/
Aptat801/
Optot801/
Optha801/
Optaz801/
Goopta73676/
Goupta7348/
Hoptay7326/
Hoptaj736/
Goptha735/
Ouptha734/
Goptot731/
Hoopta731/
Hoptas731/
Uiptat731/
Hoptot730/
Apta6777/
Opto6746/
Hoptasz6727/
Ovta673/
Obta673/
Hopptta671/
Gooptta671/

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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 Optat
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