Otanga Surname
Approximately 2,439 people bear this surname
Otanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,778 | 1:25,973 | 2,911 |
| Uganda | 332 | 1:117,588 | 11,276 |
| Congo | 195 | 1:25,585 | 2,766 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Otanga (270) may also be a first name.
Otanga Demographics
Otanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otanga occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 175,608th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,987,924 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otanga reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 541,116th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 270 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,778 people, or 1 in 25,973. In Kenya Otanga is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 36 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 21 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and The Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Otanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Otanga last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Otanga
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