Otemu Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Otemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| Uganda | 141 | 1:276,874 | 19,841 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otemu (101) may also be a first name.
Otemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otemu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Otemu.
How Common Is The Last Name Otemu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 506,723rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otemu reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otemu is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 101 people.
Otemu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria Otemu is mostly found in: Delta, where 85 percent are found, Edo, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oteemu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Otemui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oztemuz | 83 | 22 | / |
| Gottemu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Etemu | 80 | 171 | / |
| Otimu | 80 | 148 | / |
| Otomu | 80 | 136 | / |
| Atemu | 80 | 63 | / |
| Otamu | 80 | 39 | / |
| Utemu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ettemu | 73 | 18 | / |
| Uthemu | 73 | 18 | / |
| Atemou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Autemu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Attemu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ustemu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Etemau | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oetimu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ottomu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hotomu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Otomou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hatemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otuimu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Etiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ethemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otimou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otimgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Othamu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ottimu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ousteimut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Attemou | 67 | 29 | / |
| Gattemu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hothimu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gottimu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Athemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ethemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ethemau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hatemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ateimus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Otemu
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