Ottou Surname
Approximately 5,883 people bear this surname
Ottou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,195 | 1:3,998 | 475 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| France | 92 | 1:721,986 | 90,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 75 | 1:307,616 | 11,461 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Ottou (232) may also be a first name.
Ottou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ottou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ottou is most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ottou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 82,386th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,238,747 people. The last name Ottou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ottou reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ottou is also the 588,797th most common first name globally, held by 232 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5,195 people, or 1 in 3,998. In Cameroon Ottou is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 78 percent live, Littoral Region, where 8 percent live and South Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 7 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ottou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis