Otternes Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Otternes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otternes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway71:734,61250,907

Otternes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otternes is found most in Norway. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otternes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Otternes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Otternes reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 734,612. In Norway Otternes is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 86 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 14 percent are found.

Otternes Last Name Statistics demography

Otternes earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.46% less than the national average, earning 240,661 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otterness94664/
Otternäs8828/
Osternes8811/
Oterness883/
Ottorness821/
Osterne80249/
Goterne801/
Otierney7527/
Atternäs7515/
Utternäs754/
Asternes751/
Otternay750/
O'Tierney7177/
Gouterney715/
Hatterner713/
Oterni711/
Aterne711/
Osterni6715/
Aternge676/
Asterne671/
Haterne671/
Hoterna671/
Etirnesh631/
Aterngis631/
Aterna573/
Auterneith560/

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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 Otternes
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