Otunye Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Otunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Otunye (32) may also be a first name.
Otunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otunye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otunye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Otunye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otunye live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Otunye is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 32 people.
Otunye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 25 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Delta, where 15 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otuneye | 92 | 142 | / |
| Otunaye | 92 | 46 | / |
| Otunoye | 92 | 15 | / |
| Otounye | 92 | 6 | / |
| Otunaiye | 86 | 32 | / |
| Ootunuye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Otonye | 83 | 797 | / |
| Otunge | 83 | 214 | / |
| Utunye | 83 | 44 | / |
| Otunay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Atunye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otunje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otunuya | 77 | 366 | / |
| Otunaya | 77 | 266 | / |
| Otunuyi | 77 | 150 | / |
| Otuniya | 77 | 142 | / |
| Otuniyi | 77 | 75 | / |
| Otunoya | 77 | 30 | / |
| Oztuney | 77 | 7 | / |
| Atuniye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Otuneja | 77 | 4 | / |
| Otuniyo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Otunnie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Otuneya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otounuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atunoye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otunayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otunuyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otunniyi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Otunehit | 71 | 3 | / |
| Otunniya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Otunnaya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Otunaiyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Otunnuyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ottunawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otounuyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otouneya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otunuuya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otuniyah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gatunhye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Atonye | 67 | 308 | / |
| Otunji | 67 | 276 | / |
| Atunay | 67 | 225 | / |
| Atunge | 67 | 21 | / |
| Utunge | 67 | 11 | / |
| Otonea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Utonye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Otunja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Otunou | 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
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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 Otunye
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