Oteniya Surname
Approximately 389 people bear this surname
Oteniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Oteniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oteniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oteniya is found most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oteniya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 741,235th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 18,734,051 people. Oteniya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oteniya are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 571,428. In Nigeria Oteniya is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 53 percent live, Ekiti, where 10 percent live and Kwara, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 14 percent live and Scotland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oteniyaz | 93 | 1 | / |
| Otoniya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Otiniya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oteniye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oteneya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ateniya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uteniyaz | 80 | 7 | / |
| Othaniya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Asteniya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gotiniya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oteney | 77 | 36 | / |
| Otenye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Otenie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Otenei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Otinyia | 71 | 57 | / |
| Ataniya | 71 | 37 | / |
| Etaniya | 71 | 29 | / |
| Otengay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otengey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ateneia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otienoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otonuya | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Teney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otinuya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Athaniya | 67 | 226 | / |
| Atiniyah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hataniya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Astenaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Athoniya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ethoniya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ethaniya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Othienoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otengeyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otenejad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atienaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atingiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Outteney | 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 Oteniya
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