Otieka Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Otieka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 227 | 1:203,436 | 14,736 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
Otieka (58) may also be a first name.
Otieka Demographics
Otieka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otieka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otieka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otieka is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otieka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otieka is the 942,947th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otieka reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Otieka is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 58 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 203,436. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent live, Busia County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 18 percent live.
Otieka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (80%) in Kenya.
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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 Otieka
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