Otunla Surname

166,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otunla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otunla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,5541:69,3595,029
England161:3,482,379114,324
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Otunla (71) may also be a first name.

Otunla Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otunla is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Otunla click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otunla? popularity and diffusion

Otunla is the 166,519th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,803,981 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Otunla are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otunla is also the 1,152,838th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 71 people.

Otunla is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,554 people, or 1 in 69,359. In Nigeria Otunla is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 32 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Osun, where 17 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otunlaja8610/
Otumla835/
Otunle834/
Otonla834/
Atunla832/
Otumlaa773/
Aetunla771/
Atunilla711/
Gutunlla711/
Otonlo671/
Atunle671/
Utonlia621/
Otonloh621/
Otonello57120/
Otonelli5780/
Ustunler575/
Atonella571/
Atinella571/
Ottonello532,437/
Ottonelli532,185/
Attinella5322/
Otonnello531/
Othonelli531/
Atonle506/
Atthutinlo504/
Atonli501/

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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 Otunla
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