Oteyi Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Oteyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oteyi (27) may also be a first name.
Oteyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oteyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oteyi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oteyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oteyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. Oteyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oteyi are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oteyi is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 27 people.
The surname Oteyi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Oteyi is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 48 percent live, Cross River, where 18 percent live and Benue, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Oteyi
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