Oettig Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oettig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oettig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Oettig Last Name Facts

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

Oettig is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oettig? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oettig is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Oettig occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Oettig live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Oettig is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 73 percent live, Hesse, where 10 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goettig92345/
Ettig91162/
Ottig911/
Hettig83622/
Ettaig831/
Oeztig831/
Hottig830/
Otig80246/
Etig8012/
Haettig776/
Heuttig774/
Goettic771/
Attig731,776/
Edtig7336/
Ettik7315/
Hetig7312/
Ottik734/
Odtig733/
Otaig731/
Etaig731/
Eteig731/
Hotig731/
Ottic731/
Hoettick714/
Hüttig671,405/
Ettaik67546/
Hattig67225/
Hättig67177/
Huttig6796/
Guttig6740/
Huetig6733/
Attigh6716/
Utteig6710/
Aettik679/
Heutig676/
Hettic674/
Hothig673/
Ottick672/
Attieg672/
Hettik672/
Ettick671/
Goetic671/
Heetig671/
Heitig670/
Heytig670/
Othigh670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Oettig
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