Otanya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Otanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Otanya (26) may also be a first name.
Otanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otanya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Otanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Otanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otanya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria Otanya is most frequent in: Benue, where 47 percent are found, Delta, where 38 percent are found and Ogun, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Otanya is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otasnya | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hotainya | 86 | 8 | / |
| Otahanya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ostannya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Atanya | 83 | 218 | / |
| Otanha | 83 | 60 | / |
| Otonya | 83 | 49 | / |
| Otania | 83 | 34 | / |
| Otanja | 83 | 14 | / |
| Otanyo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Utanya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otanjah | 77 | 54 | / |
| Gatanya | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ostania | 77 | 14 | / |
| Otuonya | 77 | 13 | / |
| Atanyaz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ottania | 77 | 2 | / |
| Uthanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hotania | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otanjau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ottonya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Astanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otaña | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atanayya | 71 | 22 | / |
| Hostania | 71 | 13 | / |
| Gothania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gathanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Atonya | 67 | 1,050 | / |
| Otonyo | 67 | 115 | / |
| Otanio | 67 | 83 | / |
| Atania | 67 | 74 | / |
| Atanja | 67 | 47 | / |
| Atanyo | 67 | 32 | / |
| Atanea | 67 | 11 | / |
| Otanho | 67 | 7 | / |
| Otounaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atagna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Otanya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis