Otegbeye Surname
Approximately 1,547 people bear this surname
Otegbeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 945 | 1:187,453 | 11,375 |
| Benin | 571 | 1:18,101 | 2,434 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Otègbèyé (1) are calculated separately.
Otegbeye (21) may also be a first name.
Otegbeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otegbeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otegbeye occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as: Otègbèyé. Click here for other potential spellings of Otegbeye.
How Common Is The Last Name Otegbeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 255,091st most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,710,760 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Otegbeye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otegbeye is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name Otegbeye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 945 people, or 1 in 187,453. In Nigeria Otegbeye is most common in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Oyo, where 26 percent live and Ogun, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Otegbeye occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 37 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottegbeye | 94 | 10 | / |
| Hotegbeye | 94 | 2 | / |
| Otegbeiye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Oteigbeye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Otegboye | 88 | 12 | / |
| Ategbeye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Otègbèyé | 88 | 1 | / |
| Otegbei | 80 | 3 | / |
| Otegbayo | 75 | 278 | / |
| Etigbeye | 75 | 20 | / |
| Otegbayi | 75 | 11 | / |
| Otegbaje | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ategboye | 75 | 3 | / |
| Otegboya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Otagbeyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ategbaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Otigbue | 67 | 12 | / |
| Otigbueh | 63 | 13 | / |
| Etogbaye | 63 | 12 | / |
| Atogboye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Atiogbey | 63 | 1 | / |
| Atigbeya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Otagbayo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Adtegbie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Attiogbey | 59 | 21 | / |
| Athiogbey | 59 | 8 | / |
| Otaigbogie | 56 | 2 | / |
| Otigbou | 53 | 6 | / |
| Atigbea | 53 | 4 | / |
| Atagbay | 53 | 4 | / |
| Otogbai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Atagbea | 53 | 1 | / |
| Atogbaya | 50 | 1 | / |
| Atagbowe | 50 | 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
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- 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 Otegbeye
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