Otefia Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Otefia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Otefia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otefia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otefia is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otefia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Otefia is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otefia reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Otefia is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Otefia is most prevalent in: Delta, where 89 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etefia | 83 | 3,580 | / |
| Otafia | 83 | 135 | / |
| Otofia | 83 | 121 | / |
| Atefia | 83 | 7 | / |
| Utefia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ettefia | 77 | 458 | / |
| Eteffia | 77 | 35 | / |
| Ottafia | 77 | 15 | / |
| Etefiah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Eteafia | 77 | 3 | / |
| Etiefia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Otofiah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eteufia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otaifia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Outafia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Etteffia | 71 | 7 | / |
| Eteaffia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Eteffiah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ettaefia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ettefiah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Etofia | 67 | 119 | / |
| Etafia | 67 | 94 | / |
| Atafia | 67 | 34 | / |
| Etifia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atifia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otafio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hatifia | 62 | 12 | / |
| Otiveha | 62 | 11 | / |
| Ettafia | 62 | 6 | / |
| Attafia | 62 | 5 | / |
| Etephia | 62 | 2 | / |
| Ettifia | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ethafia | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gutaifia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ettaffia | 57 | 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 Otefia
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