Otemba Surname
Approximately 509 people bear this surname
Otemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 437 | 1:105,675 | 9,126 |
| Congo | 60 | 1:83,152 | 7,031 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otemba (221) may also be a first name.
Otemba Demographics
Otemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otemba is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Otemba.
How Common Is The Last Name Otemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 608,234th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name Otemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otemba live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Otemba is also the 606,684th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 221 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 437 people, or 1 in 105,675. In Kenya Otemba is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 31 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 31 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Otemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Otemba
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