Otasi Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Otasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Otasi (24) may also be a first name.
Otasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otasi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otasi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otasi is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 24 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Otasi
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