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 borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Otako click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 862,604th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otako live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 18 people.
Otako is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 229,751. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 45 percent live and Siaya County, where 4 percent live. Aside from Kenya Otako occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
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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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