Otinga Surname
Approximately 2,015 people bear this surname
Otinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,691 | 1:27,309 | 3,046 |
| Uganda | 255 | 1:153,095 | 13,502 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Otinga (163) may also be a first name.
Otinga Demographics
Otinga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otinga occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otinga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otinga is the 205,808th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,616,648 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otinga live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Otinga is also the 717,791st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 163 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,691 people, or 1 in 27,309. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 51 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Otinga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Otinga last name is principally Christian (100%) 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 Otinga
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