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
The surname Othou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Othou? popularity and diffusion
Othou is the 2,372,517th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Othou is primarily found 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 commonly held first name globally It is held by 11 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 92 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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