Otomo Surname

13,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Otomo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otomo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan41,0721:3,113527
Cameroon4741:43,8175,788
Nigeria2011:881,30738,450
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
Indonesia1581:837,02063,356
Brazil821:2,610,66378,641
Singapore301:183,5907,666
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
France61:11,070,454349,096
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guam11:160,1214,893
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Otomo (111) may also be a first name.

Otomo Last Name Facts

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

Otomo (Russian: Отомо) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otomo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,240th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 172,250 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Otomo live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Otomo is also the 890,531st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 111 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 41,072 people, or 1 in 3,113. In Japan Otomo is most frequent in: Miyagi Prefecture, where 32 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Japan it exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Otomo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Otomo last name are 5.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.18% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Otomo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.99% more than the national average, earning $47,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.39% more than the national average, earning $57,824 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oetomo913,425/
Ohtomo91195/
Gotomo91182/
Hotomo9156/
Otomoh9148/
Otomoo9142/
Ottomo9124/
Ootomo9112/
Outomo916/
Otoomo914/
Otuomo912/
Otomou912/
Otomos911/
Otommo911/
Ostomo911/
Ototmo911/
Hoetomo83733/
Otoumou8385/
Oitomoa831/
Otoumos831/
Utomo80166,355/
Atomo80630/
Etomo80579/
Otoma80466/
Otemo80425/
Otumo80125/
Otamo8046/
Goutomoh772/
Hotoumou771/
Hutomo735,071/
Otuoma732,127/
Gutomo73939/
Gotoma73633/
Astomo73426/
Utotmo73232/
Ottemo73102/
Otomah7368/
Uitomo7346/
Atomou7340/
Ootoma7328/
Ostamo7323/
Outamo7317/
Attomo7315/
Hatomo7315/
Ostoma7314/
Hetomo7313/
Athomo7313/
Ottoma7313/
Utomoh7312/
Otouma7311/
Atoumo7311/
Othoma738/
Uthomo737/
Hotamo737/
Uutomo735/
Utoimo735/
Automo735/
Otomas735/
Hotoma735/
Gotamo733/
Atomuo733/
Ottamo733/
Gatomo732/
Gotumo731/
Otomaz731/
Otamoa731/
Oitamo731/
Etomoy731/
Atohmo731/
Atommo731/
Atuomo731/
Otumoi731/
Otamos731/
Houtoumou711/
Ochtoumou711/
Goutoumou711/
Ottouma671,362/
Hastomo67554/
Attoumo67182/
Gautomo67112/
Atoumou6752/
Etoimou6732/
Utomosh6716/
Ottomas6715/
Utotmot6712/
Othomas6711/
Othamot6711/
Guttomo6710/
Atoumod6710/
Guthomo679/
Utomost676/
Othooma674/
Outouma674/
Gathomo674/
Gattomo673/
Automot672/
Gotummo671/
Hotoima671/
Hotomma671/
Hatoumo671/
Otoimah671/
Oistamo671/
Gotouma671/
Gottoma671/
Gotamoh671/
Gotamou671/
Atomoha671/

Otomo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Otomo in the Russian language
Отомоotomo-

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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 Otomo
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