Otiwu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Otiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Otiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otiwu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Otiwu.
How Common Is The Last Name Otiwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Otiwu live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Otiwu is most numerous in: Lagos, where 32 percent live, Yobe, where 23 percent live and Nasarawa, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
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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 Otiwu
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