Otway is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Otway
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Otway

How popular is Otway?

Otway is ranked 202691 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Otwaies grew by 12.01717 per cent to 261 since 2000 and ranked 74141 after elevating 2559 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.9 67.38
Black 25.67 23.61
Hispanic or Latino 3.83 2.58
Others 3.45 6.01
Otway is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Grenada. Around 1690 people have been found who wears Otway as their family name. Otway is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
4,915 Panama3
4,231 Jamaica2
219,873 France2
9,185 Hong Kong2
107,212 South Africa1
810,193 Indonesia1
66,560 Philippines1
3,993 El Salvador1
81,201 Switzerland1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
432 Grenada38
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,376 Trinidad and Tobago66
Countries with hundreds of Otway:
13,711 England430
76,154 United States317
10,613 Australia262
15,020 Canada249
3,381 Dominican Republic144
6,297 New Zealand118

Otway Namesakes

  • Robert Otway-Cave, Politician
  • Thomas Otway, Dramatist
  • John Otway Percy Bland, Writer
  • Caesar Otway, Author
  • John Otway Percy Bland, Writer
  • John Otway, Singer
  • Thomas Otway, Dramatist
  • Lee Otway, Actor
  • John Otway, Cricket Player
  • Mark Otway, Tennis player

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