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.

DNA test information

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 more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otulem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name is primarily 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.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda Otulem is most common in: Pallisa District, where 89 percent live, Bukedea District, where 8 percent live and Budaka District, where 1 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

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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