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

Utesi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Utesi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Utesi are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 60 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Delta, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Utesi
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