Ottoman Surname

442,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 772 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Ottoman Surname User-submission:

May represent an immigrant name or a sobriquet as Turkish; was, in the East, a francization of Hotmann (likely variant of Hauptmann).

Ottoman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan3261:98,6292,564
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Israel261:329,14027,831
Turkey201:3,891,07197,520
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Ottoman (485) may also be a first name.

Ottoman Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

May represent an immigrant name or a sobriquet as Turkish; was, in the East, a francization of Hotmann (likely variant of Hauptmann).

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Ottoman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ottoman (Arabic: العثماني, Russian: Оттоман) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ottoman? popularity and diffusion

Ottoman is the 442,751st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,439,826 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Ottoman live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 385,996th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 485 people.

The surname Ottoman is most frequently used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 98,629. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Herat, where 25 percent live, Kabul, where 22 percent live and Balkh, where 10 percent live. Barring Afghanistan it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Ottoman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ottoman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ottoman last name increased 708 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ottoman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ottoman surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Ottoman earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.89% more than the national average, earning $44,397 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ottoman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ottoman in the Russian language
Оттоманottoman-
Ottoman in the Arabic language
العثمانيalthmany-

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