Otiwaa Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Otiwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Otiwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otiwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otiwaa is found most frequently in Ghana. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otiwaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 919,444th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Otiwaa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otiwaah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Otiwa | 91 | 372 | / |
| Othiwa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Otiowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ottiwa | 83 | 0 | / |
| Atiwaya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hatiwaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ottiwat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otuiwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Othiway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atiwaja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otiba | 73 | 271 | / |
| Otewa | 73 | 187 | / |
| Otuwa | 73 | 141 | / |
| Atiwa | 73 | 136 | / |
| Otiwe | 73 | 74 | / |
| Etiwa | 73 | 47 | / |
| Otiva | 73 | 38 | / |
| Otiwo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Otiwi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Utiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ostaiwaz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Athiwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oottiwas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Othiwach | 71 | 1 | / |
| Othiwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otaiba | 67 | 462 | / |
| Attiwa | 67 | 109 | / |
| Ateiwa | 67 | 66 | / |
| Otieva | 67 | 55 | / |
| Otiewo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Gutiwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Athiwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Otihua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Etiewa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Atiwat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oteiba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hotewa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Otuewa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Otuwwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Otaiwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Atiwas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ostiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atiwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oteiwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atibaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otaiwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otivay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ottuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ottiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otijba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Outiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otuwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atiwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hotiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otiwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otewah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eteiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atiwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Othuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uthiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Outewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otiwii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otuuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oteiva | 67 | 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
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- 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 Otiwaa
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