Ottaru Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Ottaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 310 | 1:170,779 | 14,990 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ottaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ottaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ottaru is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ottaru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ottaru? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 846,108th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ottaru are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 170,779. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ottaru
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