Otemolu Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Otemolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
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
The last name Otemolu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otemolu? popularity and diffusion
Otemolu is the 1,310,135th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Otemolu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
Otemolu is most commonly used 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. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live.
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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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