Otabela Surname

347,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Otabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,0461:19,8562,698
France41:16,605,680368,153
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Otabela (182) may also be a first name.

Otabela Last Name Facts

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

Otabela is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otabela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 347,450th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,927,325 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otabela live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Otabela is also the 675,152nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 182 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,046 people, or 1 in 19,856. In Cameroon Otabela is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 90 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and East Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atabela8632/
Otebela8618/
Etabela864/
Otobela861/
Otabala861/
Otabola861/
Hetabela804/
Otebelea801/
Atabelo71697/
Atabala71108/
Otobele7173/
Utabele7132/
Otebola7131/
Etabala7130/
Atabola7127/
Atabila7126/
Otobeli7114/
Otabalo716/
Otabile712/
Atavela711/
Etebela711/
Atabele711/
Atebela711/
Ottobeli6798/
Atabeyli6770/
Otobalea6736/
Hatobela6730/
Atabalau6714/
Hatabala676/
Atabalah672/
Astavela672/
Athabele672/
Otavello671/
Otavilha671/
Ottobele671/
Oytebola671/
Aatabala671/

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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 Otabela
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