Otoua Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Congo

Otoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Congo51:997,81917,129
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Otoua Last Name Facts

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

Otoua occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Otoua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Otoua live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Otoua is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Otoua is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 95 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gotoua9156/
Ottoua918/
Otouah911/
Otoa89435/
Outouat836/
Ostoa80619/
Atoua80187/
Otoha80103/
Gotoa8094/
Otoai8041/
Othoa8015/
Otuha808/
Hotoa808/
Otaua804/
Otouo803/
Ottoa801/
Otaou801/
Otoui801/
Outouhaj77170/
Outouaya77136/
Attoua7395/
Gatoua7322/
Hotouo7313/
Hotoai7311/
Otohou7311/
Osthoa739/
Othoha734/
Otojia733/
Otohea733/
Otuiya732/
Atouat732/
Hatoua732/
Athoua732/
Outoui731/
Otuhia731/
Oteuya731/
Atouaz731/
Astoua731/
Goutoa731/
Gotoha731/
Ottaou731/
Otujja731/
Ottouo731/
Hoitoa731/
Otouie731/
Otuoha731/
Otuyay731/
Otoyoa731/
O'Toah730/
Otao671,507/
Atoa67800/
Otoe67138/
Otojahi6739/
Otae6732/
Hotohou6729/
Goutouo6718/
Outoiya679/
Attouah675/
Odtuyaa674/
Otou'ou674/
Utoa673/
Attouha672/
Otuiaai671/
Otoiahi671/
Goutoah671/
Attouat671/
Othohou671/
Gotohou671/
Athouai671/

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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 Otoua
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