Otañez Surname

324,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Otañez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otañez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic4541:22,9801,485
Ecuador3821:41,6384,351
Philippines2041:496,26658,506
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominica11:75,891912
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Otanez (748), Otáñez (52), Otàñez (1) & Otánez (1) are calculated separately.

Otañez (19) may also be a first name.

Otañez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otañez is more frequently found in The Dominican Republic than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Otanez, Otáñez, Otàñez or Otánez. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otañez? popularity and diffusion

Otañez is the 324,668th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,353,571 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Otañez reside; 40 percent reside in Caribbean and 40 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. Otañez is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name Otañez is most widespread in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 454 people, or 1 in 22,980. Excluding The Dominican Republic Otañez occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 33 percent live and The Philippines, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otanez94748/
Otáñez9452/
Otàñez941/
Otanñez921/
Otánez891/
Otañes8399/
Atañez8389/
Utañez8348/
Otainez771/
Otto Yañez751/
Otanniez711/
Otanes67769/
Idañez67554/
Otinez67113/
Odoñez678/
Atanez678/
Otonez676/
Ydañez674/
Ottenz672/
Utanez671/
Utañes671/
Adañez671/
Ytanez671/
Odóñez671/
Otaños671/
Otuñes671/
Etanez671/
Otenez671/

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Otañez Reference & Research

Otañez FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Otañez
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