Otaja Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Otaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Otaja (14) may also be a first name.
Otaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otaja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Otaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Otaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otaja live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otaja is also the 3,024,661st most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Otaja is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 46 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Oyo, where 21 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Otaja
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