The surname Otts
A Dutch patronymic surname, carried by 1,268 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex O320
Origin
Dutch origin
From the Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Otto.
Otts is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,268 people named Otts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,362.
Who is named Otts
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Otts identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Otts has the Soundex code O320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O320.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Otts come from?
- From the Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Otto.
- How common is the surname Otts?
- 1,268 people in the United States had the surname Otts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. It ranked 20,818th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Otts?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Otts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Otts?
- Otts is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Otts getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,268 in 2010, down 6.9%.