Otuma Surname
Approximately 2,875 people bear this surname
Otuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,155 | 1:39,983 | 4,214 |
| Nigeria | 1,136 | 1:155,936 | 9,828 |
| Uganda | 563 | 1:69,342 | 7,734 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Otuma (592) may also be a first name.
Otuma Demographics
Otuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Otuma (Russian: Отума) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otuma is the 152,982nd most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,534,799 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otuma live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 343,796th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 592 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 39,983. In Kenya Otuma is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 46 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 14 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent are found and Uganda, where 20 percent are found.
Otuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Otuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Otuma in the Russian language | ||
| Отума | otuma | - |
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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 Otuma
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