How common is the last name Otto?

21,938 people in the United States have the last name Otto, about 1 in 13,625. It ranks #1,595 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

OTTO

#1,595

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,938
About
1 in 13,625
This common or more
45.1%
Who bears it

Of the 21,938 people with the last name Otto, 89.6% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Otto

#1,593 Forrest · 21,977#1,594 Rodriquez · 21,973#1,596 Gao · 21,908#1,597 Neff · 21,891

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Otto, most common first.

#1,390 Ott · 25,045#7,492 Otte · 4,283#50,074 Otoo · 452#66,499 Oto · 321#108,965 Otta · 173#128,411 Ottow · 139

Also a first name

As a first name, Otto ranks #1,918 of 53,615, with 14,718 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 1,244 births. See Otto as a first name

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