Otiaba Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otiaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otiaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria751:2,361,90379,171
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Otiaba Last Name Facts

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

Otiaba occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otiaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otiaba is the 2,061,309th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Otiaba live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Otiaba is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 31 percent reside, Adamawa, where 24 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etiaba83106/
Atiaba839/
Otioba833/
Otiawa831/
Otyaba831/
Otiabge772/
Atiabad771/
Etiabai771/
Otijabi771/
Atiabi67127/
Otiobo6738/
Atiabe6728/
Etioba679/
Atiaby671/
Oteabi671/
Authiabad671/
Ateaba671/
Atiabo671/
Atjaba671/
Utiabo671/
Utaiyabah671/
Otiowa671/

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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 Otiaba
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