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
Oteru is most common in Uganda. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Oteru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oteru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 956,400th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Oteru is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Oteru live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 155,535. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Maracha District, where 50 percent reside, Arua District, where 43 percent reside and Masindi District, where 3 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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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