Otege Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Otege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Otege (61) may also be a first name.

Otege Last Name Facts

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

The surname Otege occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otege? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otege reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 61 people.

The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Serere District, where 50 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 8 percent are found and Bukedea District, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oteger9198/
Oteghe9128/
Otiege914/
Hotege912/
Ostege911/
Oteget911/
Outege911/
Osthege8339/
Ostedge831/
Otenhge831/
O'Taege831/
Otegehe831/
Otoeghe831/
Othenge831/
Hoteger830/
Oteje80732/
Otoge80629/
Otega80612/
Otegi80415/
Atege80211/
Otage80178/
Otese8092/
Oteze8039/
Etege8012/
Otige801/
Utege801/
Otegui733,241/
Otaegi73380/
Hotage73163/
Otiger7371/
Ateghe7360/
Ategie7341/
Oteguy7334/
Hatege7327/
Oteche7326/
Uteghe7322/
Gatege7321/
Otedje7319/
Otegha7314/
Otiese738/
Otejeh736/
Ateger736/
Etegge736/
Eteghe734/
Oiteje734/
Ethege734/
Otieze733/
Autege733/
Ottega732/
Hetege732/
Ateege732/
Ateage731/
Osteje731/
Outeze731/
Otaige731/
Etehge731/
Goteze731/
Otejee731/
Otejje731/
Oteyse731/
Othese731/
Otagge731/
Otayge731/
Otuige731/
O'Tega731/
Ategee731/
Etegie731/
Oteaga730/
O'Steiger711/
Ottiger671,504/
Gathege67646/
Otheguy67436/
Othegui6725/
Goteize6712/
Eteighe6712/
Oystese6711/
Ottegui6711/
Oztezer677/
Ochteje676/
Gotheze676/
Ashtege674/
Etieghe674/
Ateghie673/
Atiegeh672/
Oteagui672/
Otegaya672/
Etegeyi671/
Osteguy671/
Otedjeh671/
Oteigha671/
Ataeghe671/
Ostejer671/
Otheghi671/
Othengi671/
Outtage671/
Goteyze671/
Etegheh671/
Ategheh671/
Ateigeh671/
Ateinge671/
Authege671/
Atteghe671/
Atedgie671/
Athegie671/
Hustege670/
Guttege670/
Otaiges670/

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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 Otege
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