Otando Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Gabon
Highest density in:
Gabon

Otando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Gabon3031:6,2351,152
Kenya2511:183,98413,840
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
France31:22,140,907385,998
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Otando (55) may also be a first name.

Otando Last Name Facts

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

Otando is found most in Gabon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otando? popularity and diffusion

The last name Otando is the 552,088th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Otando live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 55 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Gabon, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 6,235. Apart from Gabon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 43 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Otando Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hotando921/
Hostando861/
Otondo83910/
Etando83160/
Atando83128/
Otanda8378/
Gothandoo805/
Goodtando801/
Gotanda772,722/
Othondo7724/
Atandoa774/
Atandoh771/
Atandou771/
Ettando771/
Outanda771/
Ottondo771/
Attandoh71351/
Otgondoo7145/
Hastando7130/
Atahando7127/
Otoundou711/
Othuondo711/
Atanda6728,947/
Atondo675,143/
Etanda67729/
Etondo67530/
Utondo67107/
Utanda67103/
Otonda6746/
Otandault671/
Ottoundou671/

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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 Otando
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