Ottaway is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ottaway
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ottaway

How popular is Ottaway?

Ottaway is ranked 137792 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ottaway bearers increased by 3.839442 per cent in 2010 US census to 595 since 2000, the surname slipped by 681 spots and ranked at 37442. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.13 96.34
Others 1.68 1.22
Hispanic or Latino 1.34 0.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.84 0
Ottaway is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 2806 people have been found who wears Ottaway as their family name. Ottaway is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
18,718 Thailand2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
107,212 South Africa1
16,640 Hong Kong1
91,024 Belgium1
49,101 Denmark1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
9,591 Panama1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
153,416 Italy1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
9,780 Scotland46
7,279 Wales45
Countries with hundreds of Ottaway:
32,438 United States899
7,808 England866
5,422 Australia550
16,109 Canada229
7,143 New Zealand102
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edward Ottaway worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from London on Northumberland and arrived on April 21, 1848. 23 years old Elizabeth Ottaway, Anna Ottaway, aged Born at sea, Elizabeth Ottaway (Born at sea) Infant, are others that migrated to US.

Ottaway Namesakes

  • Cuthbert Ottaway, Soccer player
  • Richard Ottaway, British Politician
  • Cuthbert Ottaway, Soccer player
  • James Ottaway, Film actor
  • Scott Ottaway, Drummer
  • David Ottaway, Journalist
  • Hugh Ottaway, Writer
  • Marina Ottaway, Author
  • Susan Ottaway, Author
  • Patrick Ottaway, Author

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