Oteru Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Oteru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 251 | 1:155,535 | 13,634 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Oteru (22) may also be a first name.
Oteru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oteru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oteru has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oteru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oteru is the 956,400th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. Oteru is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Oteru reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 155,535. In Uganda Oteru is mostly concentrated in: Maracha District, where 50 percent are found, Arua District, where 43 percent are found and Masindi District, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Oteru
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