Otseng Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Otseng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Otseng (21) may also be a first name.
Otseng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otseng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otseng is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otseng? popularity and diffusion
Otseng is the 1,447,279th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname Otseng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otseng reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Otseng is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name Otseng is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 55 percent are found, East Region, where 44 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, 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 Otseng
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