Otterness Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Otterness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otterness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6371:569,00946,718
Norway161:321,39331,311
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Otterness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otterness occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otterness? popularity and diffusion

Otterness is the 496,702nd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Otterness live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 637 people, or 1 in 569,009. In The United States Otterness is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 44 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 2 percent live and Hungary, where 1 percent live.

Otterness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Otterness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Otterness surname grew 1,991 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Otterness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Otterness are 13.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Otterness earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 104.34% more than the national average, earning 707,183 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.3% more than the national average, earning $43,280 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otternes947/
Oterness943/
Ottorness891/
Otternäs8228/
Osternes8211/
Osterne75249/
Goterne751/
Otierney7127/
Atternäs7115/
Utternäs714/
Asternes711/
Otternay710/
O'Tierney6777/
Gouterney675/
Hatterner673/
Oterni671/
Aterne671/
Osterni6315/
Aternge636/
Asterne631/
Haterne631/
Hoterna631/
Etirnesh591/
Aterngis591/
Aterna533/
Auterneith530/

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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 Otterness
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