Otsanya Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Otsanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otsanya (179) may also be a first name.
Otsanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otsanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otsanya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otsanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Otsanya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otsanya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 681,368th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 179 people.
The surname Otsanya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 86 percent are found, Zamfara, where 6 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Otsanya occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Otsanya
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