Ottaru Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Ottaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 310 | 1:170,779 | 14,990 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ottaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ottaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ottaru occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ottaru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ottaru? popularity and diffusion
Ottaru is the 846,108th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ottaru are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 170,779. In Tanzania Ottaru is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 65 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ottaru
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