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    The surname Otero

    A Spanish surname, carried by 20,937 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O360

    Otero: #1,716 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Otero #1,716, 20,937 people Otero: #1,716 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Otero #1,716, 20,937 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Otero is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Otero, from otero (“hillock”).

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,937 people named Otero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,746 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,956.

    #1,716
    rank among US surnames
    20,937
    people in 2010
    7.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,947)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,707Hager21,10614,628
    #1,708Hurt21,03714,676
    #1,709Ash21,03014,681
    #1,710Hagan21,01714,690
    #1,711Brito21,00714,697
    #1,712Lanier20,99714,704
    #1,713Zarate20,99214,708

    Who is named Otero

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Otero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Oteros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adelina Otero-Warren
      1882-1965 , suffragist, politician, and author

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Otero

    Otero has the Soundex code O360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O360.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Otero come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Otero, from otero (“hillock”).
    How common is the surname Otero?
    20,937 people in the United States had the surname Otero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,746 Americans. It ranked 1,716th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Otero?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Otero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Otero?
    Adelina Otero-Warren, 1882-1965 , suffragist, politician, and author.
    Where is the surname Otero most common?
    Wikidata records people named Otero in the United States.
    Is the surname Otero getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,937 in 2010, up 24%.