Othou Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Othou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Othou (11) may also be a first name.
Othou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Othou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Othou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Othou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Othou reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 11 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Othou is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 92 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Othou exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 38 percent are found and Benin, where 17 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 Othou
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