Otemo Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Otemo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 254 | 1:181,811 | 13,664 |
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Otemo (15) may also be a first name.
Otemo Demographics
Otemo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otemo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otemo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otemo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otemo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 694,796th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Otemo reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Otemo is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The last name Otemo is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 181,811. In Kenya Otemo is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 34 percent live, Nairobi County, where 32 percent live and Vihiga County, where 32 percent live. Outside of Kenya Otemo exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 35 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Otemo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (89%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottemo | 91 | 102 | / |
| Otiemo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Otomo | 80 | 42,308 | / |
| Otema | 80 | 8,372 | / |
| Atemo | 80 | 2,188 | / |
| Etemo | 80 | 161 | / |
| Otimo | 80 | 52 | / |
| Otamo | 80 | 46 | / |
| Utemo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atiemo | 73 | 5,546 | / |
| Oetomo | 73 | 3,425 | / |
| Ottema | 73 | 382 | / |
| Otiema | 73 | 268 | / |
| Eteimo | 73 | 212 | / |
| Ohtomo | 73 | 195 | / |
| Hotema | 73 | 112 | / |
| Ostema | 73 | 101 | / |
| Ottimo | 73 | 57 | / |
| Hotomo | 73 | 56 | / |
| Otomoh | 73 | 48 | / |
| Otomoo | 73 | 42 | / |
| Astemo | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ottomo | 73 | 24 | / |
| Etiemo | 73 | 23 | / |
| Ethemo | 73 | 23 | / |
| Hotimo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Otimoh | 73 | 20 | / |
| Otiomo | 73 | 19 | / |
| Atemou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Gatemo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ootomo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hatemo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Otyomo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hotamo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Otemaa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Outomo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Otimos | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ettemo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ateumo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Otemah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Athemo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Attemo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Otimoi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ottamo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oteema | 73 | 2 | / |
| Otomou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oteima | 73 | 2 | / |
| Atemop | 73 | 2 | / |
| Atemoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gutemo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Autemo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atehmo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eteamo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otimou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gotema | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otemma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otommo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oitamo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otemga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otimoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ostimo | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hoetomo | 67 | 733 | / |
| Oostema | 67 | 233 | / |
| Hautemo | 67 | 59 | / |
| Hoytema | 67 | 55 | / |
| Attemou | 67 | 29 | / |
| Atiemoh | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hoitema | 67 | 25 | / |
| Houtema | 67 | 6 | / |
| Etteumo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Athemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ethemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goutema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otemmah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hatemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gottema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ottemad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atehmoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Otemo
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