Otye Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Otye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Otye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otye occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,129,067th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Otye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otye are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Otye is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 99,851. In Cameroon it is most common in: South Region, where 82 percent are found, Centre Region, where 18 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Otye
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