Ottir Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Ottir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ottir (10) may also be a first name.
Ottir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ottir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ottir is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ottir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Ottir live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename internationally It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 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 Ottir
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