Osutu Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1181:1,501,21057,254
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osutu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osutu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osutu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Osutu are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 76 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.

Osutu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osuthu914/
Ousutu911/
Asutu80190/
Usutu80141/
Esutu80106/
Ojutu8038/
Ocutu8037/
Ozutu8021/
Oshitu7321/
Acoutu739/
Gusutu735/
Eshutu734/
Ajoutu733/
Ojuttu731/
Assutu731/
Asuutu731/
Ojustu731/
Hasutu731/
Azoutou678/
Goussoutou674/
Acoutou673/
Assuttu673/
Hasautu671/
Achoutu671/

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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 Osutu
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