Otis Surname
Approximately 14,264 people bear this surname
Otis Surname Definition:
(English) Descendant of Otis or Otes, forms of Odo (rich).
Otis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,029 | 1:36,141 | 4,489 |
| Canada | 2,594 | 1:14,204 | 2,089 |
| Philippines | 413 | 1:245,129 | 36,902 |
| Nigeria | 387 | 1:457,733 | 23,307 |
| Liberia | 268 | 1:16,450 | 1,707 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,190 | 1:15,743 | 2,005 |
The alternate forms: Otiş (10) are calculated separately.
Otis (54,966) may also be a first name.
Otis Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Otis or Otes, forms of Odo (rich).
OTIS: (Greek.) From ώτός, the genitive singular of όύς, the ear, a name given from quick hearing.
Or Ottis (English), Outi's, or of Outi, Otto, or Otho. An Outi held lands in co. Warwick temp. Edw. Conf., and Fitz Otes was a Norman name. The first of the surname in this country, John Otis, of Hingham, Mass., in 1635, came from co. Somerset.
Otis Demographics
Otis Political Affiliation
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Otis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Otis (Hindi: ओटिस, Marathi: ओटीस, Russian: Отис) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Otiş. For other potential spellings of Otis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Otis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Otis is the 36,972nd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 510,905 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Otis reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 17,053rd most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 54,966 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 10,029 people, or 1 in 36,141. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 18 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
Otis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Otis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Otis last name grew 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Otis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Otis surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Otis surname are 7.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.15% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Otis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.1% less than the national average, earning $42,674 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.55% less than the national average, earning $41,958 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Otis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Otis in the Hindi language | ||
| ओटिस | otisa | - |
| Otis in the Marathi language | ||
| ओटीस | otisa | - |
| Otis in the Russian language | ||
| Отис | otis | - |
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