Otemolu Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otemolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otemolu 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
Nigeria1691:1,048,18243,882
England31:18,572,686338,250

Otemolu (10) may also be a first name.

Otemolu Last Name Facts

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

Otemolu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otemolu? popularity and diffusion

Otemolu is the 1,310,135th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Otemolu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otemolu is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 10 people.

The last name Otemolu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria Otemolu is primarily found in: Ogun, where 53 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Oyo, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria Otemolu exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otemulu864/
Etemoğlu80246/
Ethemoğlu75196/
Hatemoğlu75184/
Hetemoğlu751/
Hatemolui751/
Haştemoğlu712/
Atamoğlu675/
Atimoulou6332/
Attimoulou596/
Attamoulou591/
Atimalu573/
Hatamalu531/
Atimalus531/
Athimoloo506/
Eetamallu504/
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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 Otemolu
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