Otegu Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Otegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Otegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otegu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otegu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otegu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Otegu is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 40 percent live, Kaduna, where 15 percent live and Ogun, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otegau | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ottegu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ategu | 80 | 134 | / |
| Etegu | 80 | 52 | / |
| Otogu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Otagu | 80 | 21 | / |
| Hategu | 73 | 37 | / |
| Ategou | 73 | 8 | / |
| Othigu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ataegu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Othogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Utegus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hottegaud | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gathegu | 67 | 177 | / |
| Hetegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hategou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ateugou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hategau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atheguuh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Etagu | 60 | 6,369 | / |
| Etigu | 60 | 304 | / |
| Atogu | 60 | 79 | / |
| Atagu | 60 | 24 | / |
| Etogu | 60 | 22 | / |
| Atigu | 60 | 9 | / |
| Etagau | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gatigu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Athogu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Atoigu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Hatigau | 50 | 9 | / |
| Gathigu | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Otegu
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