Oettlé Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Oettlé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oettlé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Oettle (586) are calculated separately.

Oettlé Last Name Facts

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

Oettlé is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Oettle. Click here for further potential spellings of Oettlé.

How Common Is The Last Name Oettlé? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oettlé reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Oettlé is most common in: Gauteng, where 63 percent live, Western Cape, where 25 percent live and Limpopo, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oettle94586/
Ottlé913/
Oettli83721/
Oettly832/
Oettla831/
Oettler77287/
Goettle77275/
Ettle73331/
Ottle7370/
Ottly7314/
Ettli7310/
Ottli730/
Ottley674,569/
Hottle671,123/
Hettle67220/
Ettlie6738/
Ettley6735/
Outtla677/
Goetle672/
Hoetle671/
Eittla671/
Ouettelle671/
Oetler671/
Hoetla670/
Yettle670/

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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 Oettlé
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