The Ottinger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,112 people carried this name — #10,352 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,066 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ottinger surname
From Öttingen + -er or Ötting + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Ottinger» (English) and «Öttinger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
113 people named Ottinger live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Ottinger.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 60 people named Ottinger live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
35 people named Ottinger is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Ottinger in American newspapers,
1893–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,199 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ottinger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferenc Ottinger 1793–1869 · military officer -
Ferenc Ottinger 1793–1869 · military officer -
George M. Ottinger 1833–1917 · photographer -
Albert Ottinger 1878–1938 · lawyer -
Amalie Öttinger 1867–1940
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Rafael Öttinger 1872–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ottinger.
- Otta 153 · U.S. census
- Ottaviani 382 · U.S. census
- Ottaviano 1,023 · U.S. census
- Otte 4,387 · U.S. census
- Otten 4,396 · U.S. census
- Otter 1,331 · U.S. census
- Ottino 248 · U.S. census
- Ottmann 166 · U.S. census
- Otto 22,558 · U.S. census
- Ou 4,196 · U.S. census
- Oudin 126 · U.S. census
- Ouk 1,424 · U.S. census
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