Otaru Surname
Approximately 7,916 people bear this surname
Otaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,731 | 1:26,317 | 2,263 |
| Tanzania | 1,096 | 1:48,304 | 5,409 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Otaru (963) may also be a first name.
Otaru Demographics
Average Otaru Salary in
United States
$49,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Otaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otaru (Arabic: اوتارو) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otaru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otaru is the 63,285th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 920,610 people. The surname Otaru is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otaru reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 259,932nd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 963 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,731 people, or 1 in 26,317. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 33 percent are found, Edo, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Otaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (53%) in Nigeria.
Otaru earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Otaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Otaru in the Arabic language | ||
| اوتارو | awtarw | - |
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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 Otaru
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