Othaniel Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Othaniel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Othaniel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Poland351:1,085,96474,912
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Othaniel (669) may also be a first name.

Othaniel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Othaniel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Othaniel is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Othaniel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 993,593rd most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Othaniel are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 320,785th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 669 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 73 percent are found, Adamawa, where 11 percent are found and Benue, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 14 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otaniel93342/
Othanel933/
Athaniel88121/
Othoniel8859/
Otheniel883/
Othaneil881/
Othaniyal824/
Athaniell821/
Ostanel80131/
Ataniel80102/
Otoniel8080/
Athanel804/
Athanil802/
Etaniel801/
Othenel801/
Athanael75565/
Atheniel7545/
Ottoniel7517/
Athanail7512/
Hotoniel751/
Hataniel751/
Otteniel751/
Etheniel751/
Hathanel751/
Otonel7113/
Utanil7110/
Etanil714/
Atanil714/
Otenel714/
Atanel712/
Atanielle711/
Eettaniel711/
Otónel711/
Athenel67131/
Atanael67100/
Guthanl672/
Athenil671/
Atanoel671/
Utagnel671/
Atangel671/
Otenell671/

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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
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  • 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 Othaniel
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