How common is the surname Ottley?

1,440 people in the United States had the surname Ottley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. It ranked 18,950th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Ottley most common?

Wikidata records people named Ottley in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Ottley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,440 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Ottley

A surname, carried by 1,440 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ottley is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Otley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,440 people named Ottley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,213.

#18,950

rank among US surnames

1,440

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+18.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,367)

Who is named Ottley

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

52% of people named Ottley identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ottleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Ottley
British athlete, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ottley

Ottley has the Soundex code O340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O340.

Questions

Where does the surname Ottley come from?: Variant of Otley.
How common is the surname Ottley?: 1,440 people in the United States had the surname Ottley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. It ranked 18,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ottley?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Ottley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ottley?: David Ottley, British athlete.
Where is the surname Ottley most common?: Wikidata records people named Ottley in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Ottley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,440 in 2010, up 19%.