Otchwemah Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Otchwemah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otchwemah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Otchwemah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otchwemah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otchwemah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 615,220th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otchwemah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Besides Ghana it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ochwema8820/
Ochuema75135/
Okhuemoh591/
Atchouemo561/
Assouhema561/
Ozuema532/
Aswema531/
Osuema531/
Ojuema531/
Aswimah5016/
Akhuema503/
Haswima501/
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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 Otchwemah
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