The surname Otter
A surname, carried by 1,331 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O360
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,331 people named Otter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,965 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,238.
#20,076
rank among US surnames
1,331
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+7.5%
change since 2000 (was #20,041)
Who is named Otter
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Otter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Otter
Otter has the Soundex code O360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O360.
Questions
- How common is the surname Otter?
- 1,331 people in the United States had the surname Otter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,965 Americans. It ranked 20,076th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Otter?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Otter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Otter getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,331 in 2010, up 7.5%.