Otunwa Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Otunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otunwa (14) may also be a first name.
Otunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otunwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Otunwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,144,405th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Otunwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otunwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 14 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 859,916. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 29 percent live, Rivers, where 23 percent live and Ondo, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otunwah | 92 | 12 | / |
| Otunba | 83 | 1,646 | / |
| Atunwa | 83 | 1,033 | / |
| Etunwa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Otunwo | 83 | 11 | / |
| Otonwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Otumwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Otunua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ottumwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otunmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atunwat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otunuay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atounwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ootunba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otumba | 67 | 643 | / |
| Atunba | 67 | 28 | / |
| Otunbe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Utonwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Otunbi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Atonwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Otunbo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Utumwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Etunwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Atumwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atunwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otonwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atunwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houtounwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Otunwa
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