Last Name OTTER

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Meaning The son of Ottur. Also a nickname 'the otter.' The former is evidently the chief parent of teh surname. Oter was a great Scandinavian first name.
Local: 'Oitir,' Gaelic, a low promontory jutting into the sea, a shoal.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 20,041 (2000 US census) 18,057 (1990 US census)
Count 1,238 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.51%, or 1170 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.7%, or 21 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.05%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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