Otijele Surname

825,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otijele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otijele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3331:531,96026,148
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Otijele (37) may also be a first name.

Otijele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Otijele occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otijele? popularity and diffusion

Otijele is the 825,152nd most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otijele live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 37 people.

Otijele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 333 people, or 1 in 531,960. In Nigeria Otijele is mostly found in: Kogi, where 50 percent are found, Benue, where 15 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Otijele occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otiele9288/
Otajele86203/
Otigele862/
Otielet861/
Otejele861/
Otile831,390/
Otiel835/
Gotielle801/
Ottajele801/
Otieli77190/
Atiele7736/
Othiel7733/
Oteile7728/
Etiele7721/
Otuile778/
Otuele778/
Gotiel776/
Othile775/
Otoile773/
Otesle773/
Utiele772/
Ottile772/
Hotile771/
Otaile771/
Otilea771/
Oteele771/
Otesile71371/
Atisele71126/
Otuyele7158/
Gothiel7116/
Otegele717/
Otesele716/
Otehile716/
Attiele712/
Atajele712/
Gotyele711/
Otielli711/
Hotiely711/
Otisile711/
Utieile711/
Utielie711/
Otejile711/
Etielle711/
Ottilee711/
Gootiel710/
Atile674,092/
Otale67349/
Otekhile6736/
Atiel6734/
Atajiele6713/
Ostaille679/
Otichile675/
Gotthiel673/
Otiehili672/
Oteahile672/
Otesiles672/
Huthiele671/
Gatielle671/
Athielle671/
Ottigile671/
Otiil671/

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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 Otijele
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