Oteja Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Oteja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Oteja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oteja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oteja is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oteja? popularity and diffusion
Oteja is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Oteja live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 76 percent are found, Benue, where 10 percent are found and Kogi, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Oteja occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Oteja
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