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) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Otaru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otaru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Otaru is the 63,285th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 920,610 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Otaru live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 259,932nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 963 people.
The surname Otaru is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,731 people, or 1 in 26,317. In Nigeria Otaru is most numerous in: Kogi, where 33 percent reside, Edo, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Otaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Otaru 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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