Otakoya Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Otakoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otakoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2561:691,96432,018
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Otakoya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otakoya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otakoya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 963,821st most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Otakoya are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 46 percent reside, Ogun, where 37 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Otakoya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 5 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otakoy924/
Otokoya864/
Otakoyo863/
Otekoya863/
Attakoya8012/
Otakeyau802/
Otakhoja801/
Gotakiya801/
Atakoy7784/
Otakay7752/
Otekoy7713/
Otakou776/
Otokoy771/
Gothakiya7528/
Attakkoya755/
Atakaya71359/
Otokoye71206/
Hatakoy7133/
Otokoyi7127/
Hotakey7116/
Atakouy713/
Otekaya712/
Otokuya712/
Otakaye711/
Atakiya711/
Outakai711/
Gotakai711/
Gotakau711/
Atakoye711/
Atakoyi711/
Atakoyo711/
Otakayo711/
Otakaji711/
Ataykaya67185/
Hatakeya6752/
Ataşkaya6733/
Hothakai676/
Hotokoye674/
Otokeyau672/
Atakooyi671/
Attakouy671/
Attakaya671/
Etaekaya671/
Gothakay671/
Gatakoye671/
Ataskaya671/
Attakiya671/
Otakyios671/

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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 Otakoya
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