Otako Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Otako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 201 | 1:229,751 | 16,196 |
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Otako (18) may also be a first name.
Otako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otako is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otako? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 862,604th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Otako are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Otako is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 229,751. In Kenya Otako is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 45 percent reside and Siaya County, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Otako occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 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 Otako
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