Otchan Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Otchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 95 | 1:108,796 | 12,203 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
Otchan (11) may also be a first name.
Otchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otchan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Otchan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otchan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Otchan occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Otchan live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 108,796. In Benin Otchan is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 57 percent are found, Collines Department, where 39 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Otchan
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