Otigbu Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Otigbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otigbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otigbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otigbu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otigbu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otigbu is the 1,471,719th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Otigbu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 31 percent reside, Jigawa, where 26 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Otigbu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otigbou | 92 | 6 | / |
| Otugbu | 83 | 55 | / |
| Otegbu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Otiegwu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Otuugbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atiegbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oteigwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otegwu | 67 | 652 | / |
| Otikwu | 67 | 138 | / |
| Atugbu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ategbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etugbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oteikwu | 62 | 1,269 | / |
| Atuegbu | 62 | 1,057 | / |
| Otiekwu | 62 | 28 | / |
| Otaikwu | 62 | 22 | / |
| Otehgwu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Oteugwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ateugbu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aatuegbu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Oteikkwu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ategwu | 50 | 297 | / |
| Otekwu | 50 | 73 | / |
| Atikwu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Otigbu
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