Otunlesi Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Otunlesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Otunlesi 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
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
England11:55,718,059489,080

Otunlesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Otunlesi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otunlesi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Otunlesi is the 3,665,662nd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Otunlesi occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Otunlesi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Otunlesi is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 36 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 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
Odunlesi881/
Atunlese75191/
Odunlusi755/
Atunlusi753/
Atunleze631/

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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 Otunlesi
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