Otion Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Otion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Otion (14) may also be a first name.
Otion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otion Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otion occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otion? popularity and diffusion
Otion is the 2,746,821st most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Otion occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Otion are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda Otion is most common in: Kumi District, where 73 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 22 percent reside and Pallisa District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Otion
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