Otaniel Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Otaniel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otaniel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Otaniel (1,567) may also be a first name.

Otaniel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otaniel is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otaniel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 814,680th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name Otaniel is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otaniel are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 195,636th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 1,567 people.

The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Besides Malawi Otaniel is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Othaniel93258/
Ostanel86131/
Ataniel86102/
Otoniel8680/
Othanel863/
Etaniel861/
Athaniel80121/
Othoniel8059/
Ottoniel8017/
Otheniel803/
Hotoniel801/
Othaneil801/
Otteniel801/
Hataniel801/
Otonel7713/
Utanil7710/
Etanil774/
Atanil774/
Otenel774/
Atanel772/
Otónel771/
Othaniyal754/
Atanielle751/
Eettaniel751/
Athaniell751/
Atanael71100/
Athanel714/
Athanil712/
Atanoel711/
Utagnel711/
Atangel711/
Otenell711/
Othenel711/
Athanael67565/
Atheniel6745/
Athanail6712/
Hastanil679/
Atanl677/
Autoniel671/
Ottenell671/
Etheniel671/
Hathanel671/
Ottonell670/

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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 Otaniel
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