Otekpen Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otekpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otekpen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1221:1,451,99055,913
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Otekpen (78) may also be a first name.

Otekpen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otekpen occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otekpen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otekpen is the 1,620,164th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Otekpen live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 78 people.

The surname Otekpen is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 54 percent reside, Lagos, where 26 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otiekpen934/
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Atekpen861/
Otiokpen805/
Atokpen711/
Gatekpin671/
O'Thigpen631/
Atikpin571/
Atokpin571/
Attikpin531/
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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 Otekpen
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