Otanku Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otanku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otanku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Otanku Last Name Facts

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

Otanku is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Otanku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otanku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otanku is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otanku reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Otanku is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Otanku is most common in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Utanku8312/
Otonku831/
Otamku831/
Atankou7779/
Attankou71148/
Attankup711/
Attankau711/
Otounkou711/
Hotounkou671/
Atankeucz671/
Atonku671/
Houtounkou631/
Atonkou6255/
Athonku626/
Atonkeu622/
Hatancu621/
Athonkou5743/
Attonkou5722/

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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 Otanku
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