Otekotan Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Otekotan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otekotan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin951:108,79612,203
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Otekotan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Otekotan is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otekotan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Otekotan is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otekotan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Otekotan is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 108,796. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 91 percent are found, Zou Department, where 6 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 2 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ottekotan941/
Atekotan8839/
Etekotan885/
Otekutan883/
Attekotan8218/
Adekotan753/
Atecotan752/
Odoukotan719/
Udoeketan711/
Utkutan6733/
Otkydan675/
Itekten671/
Adektan671/
Utoktan671/
Etakkatan591/
Atikatahasin501/

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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 Otekotan
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