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The OTERO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 16,956 1947 0.006 63
United States (1880 census) 284 14859 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +16672 +12912 +0.005 +57
Other Countries
Australia 56 23112 0 3
United Kingdom 121 21975 0 3
Top States for OTERO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 3,783 586 0.024 237
New York 1,996 1039 0.011 105
California 1,686 2168 0.005 50
New Mexico 1,482 119 0.081 815
Texas 1,053 2537 0.005 50
Top States for OTERO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Mexico 1,482 119 0.081 815
Florida 3,783 586 0.024 237
Connecticut 514 905 0.015 151
Arizona 612 1157 0.012 119
New Jersey 954 1078 0.011 113

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called OTERO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called OTERO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called OTERO in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a OTERO by picking someone at random in New Mexico than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of OTERO

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the OTERO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the OTERO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of OTERO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 144 0.85
Mixed Race 110 0.65
Black/African American 109 0.64
Asian/Pacific 100 0.59
White (Hispanic) 14,821 87.41
White (Caucasian) 1,672 9.86

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the OTERO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of OTERO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of OTERO.

Similar names to OTERO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as OTERO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for OTERO

The following words are slight variants of OTERO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.