Otwer Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Otwer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Otwer (8) may also be a first name.
Otwer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otwer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otwer is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otwer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otwer reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 8 people.
The last name Otwer is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya Otwer is most numerous in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Beside Kenya Otwer is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otwere | 91 | 690 | / |
| Utwer | 80 | 7 | / |
| Odwer | 80 | 6 | / |
| Etwer | 80 | 2 | / |
| Atwer | 80 | 2 | / |
| Atwere | 73 | 284 | / |
| Hetwer | 73 | 114 | / |
| Gatwer | 73 | 10 | / |
| Otuere | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ettwer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Othuer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hutwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Utwere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odwere | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Dwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hodwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ostuer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hettwer | 67 | 2,187 | / |
| Hutwert | 67 | 30 | / |
| Hutwerd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Otuhere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Astwert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goutuer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goodwer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Otwer
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