Osotekun Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Osotekun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osotekun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Osotekun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osotekun is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Osotekun.

How Common Is The Last Name Osotekun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Osotekun live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Osotekun is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Osotekun is mostly found in: Lagos, where 81 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria Osotekun is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent live and Scotland, where 4 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
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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 Osotekun
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