Ötken Surname

467,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ötken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ötken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5981:130,13610,663
Germany1101:731,86855,248
Sweden101:984,67673,605
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Otken (191) are calculated separately.

Ötken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ötken has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms: Otken. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ötken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ötken is the 467,776th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 10,135,669 people. Ötken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Ötken are found; 70 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 598 people, or 1 in 130,136. In Turkey Ötken is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 30 percent reside, Denizli Province, where 17 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otken93191/
Etken80147/
Atken8054/
Oetken732,276/
Attken734/
Odtken731/
Ottken731/
Ötking731/
Atkeen731/
Öttking6730/
Oetcken671/
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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
  • 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 Ötken
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