Otves Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Otves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1681:119,51113,198
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Ötves (61), Otveš (1), Ötveš (1) & Ötveş (1) are calculated separately.

Otves Last Name Facts

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

Otves is found most in Romania. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ötves, Otveš, Ötveš or Ötveş. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Otves? popularity and diffusion

Otves is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Otves reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Otves is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 119,511. In Romania Otves is most common in: Mureș County, where 50 percent reside, Brașov County, where 42 percent reside and Harghita County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Romania Otves is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ötves9361/
Otveš931/
Oves89450/
Ötveš871/
Ötveş871/
Ovies80915/
Goves80309/
Hoves80235/
Ovesh80126/
Etves80102/
Ovest8047/
Oveis8030/
Ovets8015/
Oveys8011/
Oveas805/
Ovese803/
Ovess802/
Atves802/
Oives801/
Otvis801/
Ouves801/
Ovesz801/
Otvie800/
Otvesova7728/
Ove755,688/
Goveas731,230/
Hovest73245/
Etvesh73124/
Hovies7375/
Hotvet7357/
Gouves7318/
Hetves7312/
Oovesh733/
Houves733/
Govesh732/
Govhes732/
Gooves732/
Hooves731/
Gotbes731/
Goyves731/
Hovesh731/
Ostver731/
Oovies731/
Goveis730/
Hove6735,310/
Gove6732,163/
Ovie6713,547/
Aves675,925/
Over674,030/
Ovey671,717/
Ovee671,359/
Obes671,309/
Ovis671,007/
Oveh67882/
Hotvedt67810/
Owes67648/
Osthues67558/
Oved67448/
Houtved67185/
Ovea6776/
Oove6748/
Oive6732/
Ovez6725/
Ovet6720/
Otva6719/
Ovei6716/
Gouveas6711/
Gutveis6711/
Ouve6710/
Hostvet679/
Atve678/
Otbe677/
Gouveis676/
Ovesova676/
Ovge675/
Ovhe672/
Hojtved671/
Ovex671/
Oyve671/
Otvi671/
Ohve671/
Uove671/
Ovej671/
Hothvis670/
Govesch670/

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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
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  • 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 Otves
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