Otunaiya Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otunaiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Otunaiya 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
Nigeria1921:922,61939,799
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Otunaiya Last Name Facts

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

Otunaiya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Otunaiya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otunaiya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,210,518th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otunaiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 39 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent live and The United States, 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
Otunnaiya9411/
Otounaiya941/
Otunaiyo883/
Otunya8655/
Otuinya801/
Otunyo71742/
Otonya7149/
Atunya7122/
Etunya7113/
Otunja713/
Otunia712/
Otienya6758/
Atuenya6757/
Otunyoh673/
Othinya672/
Ostunio672/
Otinyaa671/
Gutunya671/
Atuinya671/
Gatunya671/
Utunjay671/
Ottonya671/
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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 Otunaiya
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