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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Otseng.
How Common Is The Last Name Otseng? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,447,279th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otseng are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Otseng is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 55 percent are found, East Region, where 44 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists 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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