Otter Family History
Otter Name Meaning
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic
occupational name for an otter hunter, or nickname for someone
supposedly resembling an otter, from Middle English, Middle High
German oter, Middle Dutch otter, German Otter
‘otter’. The Jewish surname can be ornamental.English: from the late Old English personal name Ohthere, a
borrowing of Old Norse Óttar, composed of the elements
ótti ‘fear’, ‘dread’ + herr ‘army’. In Scotland the
Old Norse name is the source.French: from a Germanic
personal name composed of the elements aud, od ‘wealth’
+ hari, heri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Otter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Otter families
 17 - 32  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Otter families
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83 - 163 28 - 82 |
1 - 27 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Otter families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Otter Family Origin
Otter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Otter
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Otter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Otter census records
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