Otefisan Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otefisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otefisan 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
Nigeria701:2,530,61183,100
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Otefisan Last Name Facts

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

Otefisan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Otefisan.

How Common Is The Last Name Otefisan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,091,648th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Otefisan reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Otefisan is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 47 percent live, Osun, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria Otefisan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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
Odefisan88102/
Otufisan881/
Adefisan751,575/
Odufisan7569/
Odefisen753/
Aedfisan751/
Adefeyisan67141/
Adefiyisan674/
Atfasan671/
Attifijan592/
Atthaphaisan5051/
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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 Otefisan
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