Utesi Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Utesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Utesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Utesi (20) may also be a first name.

Utesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Utesi is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Utesi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Utesi reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 60 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Delta, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Autesi911/
Hutesih831/
Utegi8041/
Utezi8021/
Utese8018/
Uteji8016/
Utesy800/
Utedzi7359/
Utedji7334/
Utezai7317/
Utesey7312/
Uteiza739/
Uytesy734/
Uthisi733/
Autisi731/
Utisis731/
Utiezi731/
Uteije731/
Utteji731/
Eutesy731/
Uthaisi67914/
Hutedzi6710/
Utheser674/
Hustese670/
Eutesey670/

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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 Utesi
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