Otulem Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Otulem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Otulem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda921:424,34025,938
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Otulem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Otulem is found most in Uganda. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otulem? popularity and diffusion

The surname Otulem is the 1,931,261st most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Otulem is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otulem are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Otulem is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Pallisa District, where 89 percent are found, Bukedea District, where 8 percent are found and Budaka District, where 1 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otuelem921/
Otuleme921/
Otilem83161/
Otolem835/
Ateulem7742/
Otolim67148/
Atulim679/
Atolem677/
Atulen674/
Utulim672/
Atilem672/
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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 Otulem
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