Otto Surname

3,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167,063 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Otto Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Odo' (v. Oddy), otherwise Otho, Oto, Otto, Othes, and Otes. Camden says,' Othes, an old name in England drawn from Otho': Remains.

Hotys de Parme, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Otto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany72,4511:1,11178
United States30,1091:12,0381,497
Uganda12,1741:3,207563
South Africa9,6711:5,602704
Sudan5,0401:7,4421,059
Philippines3,2761:30,9034,491
Papua New Guinea3,0071:2,712114
Brazil3,0031:71,2872,660
Poland2,5481:14,9172,181
Netherlands2,3881:7,072819
Tanzania2,3201:22,8202,814
Australia1,7041:15,8432,238
Canada1,6971:21,7122,978
Russia1,5041:95,82611,861
Nigeria1,2151:145,7979,277
France1,1361:58,4717,840
Ghana1,1081:24,3872,946
Argentina1,0181:41,9883,528
Namibia9461:2,547404
England7661:72,7398,316
Ivory Coast7121:32,4032,177
Austria6571:12,9611,862
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Jamaica4511:6,364792
Indonesia4461:296,52326,387
Denmark4331:13,0361,253
Latvia4251:4,824675
Liberia3771:11,6941,267
Congo3471:14,3781,794
Switzerland3461:23,7373,752
New Zealand3271:13,8482,406
Belgium3161:36,3825,941
Spain2891:161,77211,736
Paraguay2791:25,938945
Chile2611:67,4962,795
Cameroon2401:86,53810,461
Ecuador1971:80,7405,701
Vanuatu1971:1,336359
Sweden1891:52,0994,013
Thailand1741:405,96871,274
Estonia1731:7,640979
French Polynesia1471:1,910372
Kazakhstan1441:122,79512,930
Antigua and Barbuda1411:703123
Japan1381:926,40819,372
Czechia1361:78,18713,110
Dominican Republic1311:79,6413,650
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Italy1191:513,92251,455
Benin1091:94,82210,901
Ukraine901:505,80857,896
Norway881:58,4358,352
Solomon Islands751:7,7341,237
Belarus681:139,72119,665
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Uzbekistan541:572,76212,592
Romania531:378,82831,692
Scotland511:104,9777,051
Mexico481:2,585,96321,318
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Venezuela451:671,20211,567
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
Zimbabwe361:428,84037,622
Ireland351:134,5416,387
Guyana351:21,7782,654
Finland331:166,56714,872
United States Virgin Islands321:3,449570
Peru251:1,271,36521,041
Saint Kitts and Nevis241:2,300360
India231:33,350,669396,143
Wales191:162,87011,152
Slovakia181:296,46943,115
Hungary161:613,51735,830
China151:91,154,7714,767
Anguilla131:1,034101
Honduras131:678,1883,875
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Serbia101:714,49524,752
Central African Republic91:501,710179
Kyrgyzstan91:663,62845,718
Monaco91:4,118434
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Georgia71:535,07818,425
Slovenia71:355,38217,336
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Micronesia41:26,561731
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Palau41:5,411112
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Marshall Islands31:17,2741,698
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nauru11:11,879452
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1501:162,50213,995
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3821:9,3311,188

The alternate forms: Ottó (243) are calculated separately.

Otto (399,280) may also be a first name.

Otto Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Odo' (v. Oddy), otherwise Otho, Oto, Otto, Othes, and Otes. Camden says,' Othes, an old name in England drawn from Otho': Remains.

Hotys de Parme, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Andreas Otes, Norfolk, ibid.

Oto de Bayley, circa 1300: Baines' Lancashire.

Johannes Hoten, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertas Otesson", 1379: ibid.

Otes de Howorth, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Oteson, 1379: ibid.

John Otes, glover, 1439: Rental of Halifax, Cotton MSS. Vespasian, F. 15, British Museum.

Oto Sagar, secular chaplain, 1522: Register of the University of Oxford.

Otes Redish, of Redish, Lancashire; circa 1550: Earwaker's East Cheshire.

Otes Holland, 1541, Pendleton, Manchester: Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society.

Otes Redyche, 1541, Radcliffe: ibid.

Adam, s. Otes Jeffery, 1547: Reg. St. Columb Major.

Thomas, s. Otes Dyar, 1547: ibid.

1575. Thomas Otes, Lincoln College: Register of the University of Oxford.

1743. Married — William Oates and Margaret Preston: St. George, Hanover Square.

Oats and Oates are the present directory forms. The form Oats seems to be confined to America.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) Prosperity, Wealth [Teutonic Otto (Otte),Otho,Odo, fromO.H.Ger. ót = Old Saxon ód = Old Norse auð-r (occasionally conf. with odd-r, a spear) = Old English eád, prosperity, wealth, etc.; sometimes intended as a diminutive of an Ot-, Od-, etc., name] Ich wolt hérn Otten milte nách der lenge mezzen.—Walther von der Vogelweide, ‘Otto und Friedrich,’ 1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Nickname for German Ottmar (“Famed through his Inheritance”).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Descendant of Otto or Odo (rich).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Otten is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname (son of Otto or Otte or Ott). Otte is originally a short form of various names beginning with the Germanic element, aud, meaning 'wealth', 'fortune'.

- ericahart

Otto Last Name Facts

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

Otto (Georgian: ოტტო, Marathi: ओटो, Russian: Отто) is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Ottó. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otto? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,355th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 43,622 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Otto are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,589th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 399,280 people.

The surname Otto is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 72,451 people, or 1 in 1,111. In Germany Otto is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Saxony, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Aside from Germany Otto exists in 151 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.

Otto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Otto has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Otto surname increased 559 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 511 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Otto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Otto surname is principally Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Otto surname are 16.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.03% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Otto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.75% less than the national average, earning 336,578 kr per year; in Peru they earn 122.69% more than the national average, earning S/. 43,168 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.9% more than the national average, earning R 408,504 per year; in Colombia they earn 40.63% more than the national average, earning $31,927,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $45,627 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $51,309 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ottó92243/
Ottou895,883/
Gotto891,762/
Ottoh891,634/
Ottoy89483/
Hotto89437/
Ottoz89173/
Ottos89159/
Ottop8992/
Outto8951/
Ottho8933/
Ottoo8932/
Ottoi8929/
Oitto8910/
Ottot892/
Ottuo892/
Ottod892/
Ottoa891/
Ottto891/
Ostto891/
Uotto891/
Ootto890/
Oto8610,263/
Hottot80216/
Outtou80136/
Goutto8062/
Otthou8046/
Houtto8041/
Hottop8030/
Hottho808/
Gottou805/
Ottuoh804/
Goitto803/
Hottoh803/
Osttos803/
Hottou802/
Ottois801/
Hostto801/
Ottoos801/
Otthot801/
Ottoch801/
Ottout800/
Goto75415,346/
Otoo7568,051/
Atto7525,838/
Otho7513,130/
Utto757,022/
Otta755,155/
Hoto753,499/
Osto752,715/
Otuo752,409/
Ooto751,278/
Otou751,089/
Otoh75958/
Etto75662/
Otod75614/
Otos75604/
Otoa75435/
Otoi75406/
Otop75366/
Otot75359/
Otoy75339/
Oito75326/
Otat75250/
Outo75162/
Odto7567/
Otgo7546/
Oeto7530/
Oyto7514/
Ohto7513/
Otoś754/
Uoto753/
Otoï752/
Otoš752/
O'To752/
Otoz752/
Ojto752/
Ozto751/
Otoî751/
Hottois73343/
Gouttou7318/
Hottott739/
Hosttos733/
Houttou732/
Hottoit732/
Hottopp731/
Ottóová731/
Outtouh731/
Hotta6773,179/
Gatto6736,337/
Attou6716,023/
Ostos6713,874/
Attoh6713,536/
Hutto6711,057/
Gotta675,136/
Hatto674,181/
Ottah674,078/
Uttho673,764/
Outou671,338/
Uitto67927/
Hotop67797/
Ottas67365/
Hosto67327/
Attos67277/
Uttoh67277/
Gouto67244/
Hotho67206/
Gotoy67184/
Gotou67168/
Ettoh67162/
Gutto67152/
Autto67150/
Hetto67144/
Ostoj67139/
Outos67116/
Goito67113/
Ottaş67107/
Ettoo67105/
Ótott6797/
Gotoi6782/
Otott6780/
Otoch6780/
Attoo6778/
Gotho6773/
Otgoo6771/
Othou6765/
Goïto6761/
Ostoy6760/
Othot6757/
Outta6749/
Ostop6743/
Hotat6743/
Houto6743/
Hottó6741/
Hotoi6738/
Gotoo6738/
Outho6735/
Attoa6732/
Attoi6731/
Attho6729/
Hotot6728/
D'Oto6725/
Hotou6725/
Otuoh6725/
Hooto6720/
Ottha6719/
Othoo6719/
Oztop6717/
Hoito6716/
Othoa6715/
Ostta6715/
Uutto6715/
Hotoy6714/
Gotuo6711/
Ohtta6711/
Uttos6710/
Oitoi6710/
Goîto679/
Hotoz679/
Hodto679/
Hotoa678/
Hotoh678/
Otouh677/
Uttod677/
Odtho676/
Hoeto675/
Ochto674/
Attot674/
Ojtta674/
Oitho674/
Oitta674/
Aatto674/
Gotgo674/
Attto673/
Ottau673/
Hotos673/
Othoy673/
Attoy672/
Uttop672/
Gooto672/
Goyto672/
Ootho672/
Othoi672/
Uttoo672/
Hohto672/
Hoïto672/
Ottad672/
Odtat672/
Hotoj672/
Hotoo672/
Othos671/
Otthoudt671/
Ohtoo671/
Ootoo671/
Ootta671/
Hotod671/
Uttou671/
Hoyto671/
Otoyp671/
Othoh671/
Aetto671/
Uttuo671/
Otohu671/
Ototp671/
Otoos671/
Outat671/
Hotoś671/
Huoto671/
Hojto671/
Ostho671/
Otgoi671/
Otaat671/
Ostoz671/
Ostoš671/
Othuo671/
Oztos671/
Outoy671/
Ohtho671/
Ustto671/
Uttto671/
Attod671/
Attoz671/
Attoï671/
Otosh671/
Ohuto671/
Oitoh671/
Uotta671/
Otois671/
Outuo671/
Ostoh671/
Otgou671/
Otoud671/
Ohtoh671/
Uosto671/
Atott670/
Ouzto670/
Attop670/

Otto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Otto in the Georgian language
ოტტოotto-
Otto in the Marathi language
ओटोoto50
ऑटोoto50
Otto in the Russian language
Оттоotto-

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