Otowa Surname
Approximately 1,177 people bear this surname
Otowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,004 | 1:127,335 | 6,944 |
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otowa (46) may also be a first name.
Otowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otowa occurs most in Japan. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 318,071st most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,191,628 people. The last name Otowa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Otowa reside; 85 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Otowa is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 46 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 1,004 people, or 1 in 127,335. In Japan Otowa is mostly concentrated in: Shiga Prefecture, where 17 percent reside, Miyagi Prefecture, where 15 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside. Beside Japan Otowa exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 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 Otowa
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