The surname Otey
A surname, carried by 2,234 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O300
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,234 people named Otey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,208.
#13,572
rank among US surnames
2,234
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1.2%
change since 2000 (was #12,799)
Who is named Otey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Otey identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 53%
- Black (not Hispanic) 41%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Otey
Otey has the Soundex code O300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O300.
Questions
- How common is the surname Otey?
- 2,234 people in the United States had the surname Otey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. It ranked 13,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Otey?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Otey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Otey getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,234 in 2010, up 1.2%.