Otema Surname
Approximately 8,372 people bear this surname
Otema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,505 | 1:6,001 | 1,061 |
| Kenya | 639 | 1:72,269 | 6,805 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| DR Congo | 520 | 1:142,076 | 15,019 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Otéma (2) are calculated separately.
Otema (345) may also be a first name.
Otema Demographics
Otema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otema is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Otéma. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Otema is the 60,198th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 870,467 people. The surname Otema is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otema are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 469,697th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 345 people.
The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,505 people, or 1 in 6,001. In Uganda Otema is most common in: Agago District, where 14 percent reside, Gulu District, where 13 percent reside and Kitgum District, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Ghana, where 7 percent reside.
Otema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Otema earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.
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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 Otema
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