Otafi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Otafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Otafi Last Name Facts

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

Otafi has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otafi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otafi is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Otafi live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name Otafi is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Other than Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ostafi911,150/
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Otafie9116/
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Otafio911/
Ottafi911/
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Atafi801,032/
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Attafi734,092/
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Atatfi731/
Aatafi731/
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Ataufi731/
Outafa731/
Ottofi731/
Otofie731/
Gatafi731/
Ataffi731/
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Outachfit714/
Astaifi67409/
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Hattafi67139/
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Attaffi6754/
Astafei6749/
Ostaffe6720/
Gattafi6713/
Ostaffy6712/
Astafui676/
Ottaifa674/
Outaifa672/
O'Stafy672/
Outafet671/
Euttafi671/
Attaifi671/
Guttafi671/
Attafih671/
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Otoffie671/
Hustafi671/
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Hathafi671/
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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 Otafi
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