Otsama Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Otsama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
The alternate forms: Otšama (1) are calculated separately.
Otsama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otsama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otsama occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Otšama. For other potential spellings of Otsama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otsama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,422,956th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Otsama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otsama are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 93 percent reside, South Region, where 6 percent reside and Far North Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 3 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 Otsama
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