Otobia Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Otobia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otobia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Otobia Last Name Facts

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

Otobia is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otobia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Otobia occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Otobia live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Otobia is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 27,020,692. Excluding Ghana it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otobija921/
Otovia8358/
Otabia833/
Atobia833/
Otubia831/
Outabia7713/
Othabia773/
Hotovia772/
Astobia771/
Atohbia771/
Atoubia771/
Othovia771/
Otuobio771/
Gathobia712/
Eustobia711/
Atabia67356/
Otavia67317/
Atebia6740/
Etebia6735/
Otávia675/
Utabia674/
Otubea672/
Otovio672/
Otabio672/
Atubia671/
Atovia671/
Otawia671/

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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 Otobia
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