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 surname Otigbu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otigbu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,471,719th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otigbu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Otigbu is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 31 percent live, Jigawa, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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