Ottenburg Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Ottenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ottenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Ottenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ottenburg is found most in Switzerland. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ottenburg.

How Common Is The Last Name Ottenburg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ottenburg live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 373,314. In Switzerland Ottenburg is primarily found in: Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 36 percent reside, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 32 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 9 percent reside. Not including Switzerland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent reside and Belgium, where 5 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Ottenburg
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