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
The last name Otemu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Otemu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otemu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 506,723rd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otemu are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 101 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 85 percent are found, Edo, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it 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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