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 surname Otunla is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otunla? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 166,519th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,803,981 people. This 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. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 71 people.

Otunla is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,554 people, or 1 in 69,359. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 32 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Osun, where 17 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

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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