Oters Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Oters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Oters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oters is found most in Belgium. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oters? popularity and diffusion

Oters is the 4,908,606th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Oters occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Oters live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Oters is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,277,405. In Belgium Oters is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Belgium this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.

Oters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Oters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oters surname fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otters91219/
Oeters91154/
Outers91136/
Osters91126/
Ohters9155/
Others9116/
Uoters918/
Oterse911/
Otiers910/
Outters83553/
Oosters83281/
Hosters83124/
Gothers8353/
Houters8352/
Hoeters8341/
Gotters8319/
Gouters8312/
Otterås838/
Oysters836/
Hotters835/
Hooters832/
Gooters831/
Othiers831/
Oetters830/
Aters80153/
Uters8059/
Eters806/
Otors804/
Houtters7726/
Otthiers7721/
Outhiers771/
Etters73892/
Gaters73355/
Utters7332/
Ottors7327/
Huters7324/
Auters7311/
Aterse735/
Guters734/
Athers734/
Haters734/
Ethers733/
Uiters732/
Usters732/
Eeters731/
Uterss731/
Asters731/
Ehters731/
Aaters730/
Atters730/
Gathers672,539/
Hatersh67872/
Hauters67238/
Hutters67194/
Authers67166/
Atterås6775/
Osterseher6774/
Hatters6761/
Hasters6760/
Austers6732/
Uytters6732/
Eusters678/
Heuters677/
Husters674/
Gatters674/
Guthers673/
Hütters672/
Gahters671/
Atersch671/
Hohtars671/
Guterrs671/
Hathers671/
Haeters671/
Gutters670/
Hetters670/
Hethers670/

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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 Oters
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