von Ott Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

von Ott Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Ott Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

von Ott Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Ott is found in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name von Ott? popularity and diffusion

The surname von Ott is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of von Ott live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 586,637. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of St Gallen, where 86 percent reside and Canton of Graubünden, where 14 percent reside. Other than Switzerland it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Otte9320/
von Gott931/
von Hot866/
von Hout8037/
von Oy7719/
von Oiste751/
van Goutt751/
von Hocht750/
van Houtte711,728/
van Ost7125/
van Oot7110/
von Uht712/
von Goh711/
von Oij711/
Von-Ost711/
van Hout675,365/
van Oost671,907/
von Huth6738/
van Hoet6710/
von Hoch679/
van Hoot674/
van Oust673/
van Hoyt673/
van Oudt671/
van Houttte671/
van Gout671/
von Hopf671/
van Host671/
van Goth671/
van Atte671/
van Uote670/
von Eute670/

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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
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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 von Ott
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