Ottieno Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ottieno Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ottieno Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ottieno Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ottieno Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ottieno has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ottieno? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ottieno is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ottieno live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Ottieno is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 80 percent live and Mara Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Kenya, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otieno92573,228/
Otyieno862/
Otienoi861/
Ootieno861/
Ohtieno861/
Otiheno861/
Otienno861/
Otiengo861/
Ottyeno861/
Attieno861/
Otiengno807/
Othiieno804/
Atthieno802/
Othyieno801/
Attienou801/
Athtieno801/
Otihieno801/
Othienoa801/
Othienno801/
Atieno77226,695/
Otyeno77655/
Oteino779/
Otiino771/
Otiena771/
Atyieno714/
Otyenoh714/
Astieno713/
Othyeno713/
Othiena712/
Atiheno712/
Ahtieno712/
Otiyono712/
Atieino711/
Atienoi711/
Gotiena711/
Attiena711/
Otyengo711/
Aatieno711/
Atiengo711/
Atienoj711/
Atienou711/
Otiyongo67119/
Athiieno674/
Athienno672/
Atihieno671/
Atiengno671/
Athjieno671/
Athienoo671/
Athienoh671/
Otiyoyno671/

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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
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  • 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 Ottieno
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