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 surname Otegbeye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Otègbèyé. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otegbeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,091st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,710,760 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Otegbeye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 945 people, or 1 in 187,453. In Nigeria Otegbeye is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 26 percent are found and Ogun, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 37 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Otegbeye
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