as a Last Name
- 15,056
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Otero
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: 1. habitational name from any of various places so called, from Spanish otero ‘height’, ‘hill’ (Late Latin altarium, a derivative of altus ‘high’). 2. Castilianized form of the common Galician and Asturian-Leonese place names Outeiro and Uteru.
| 2,084th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,056
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Otero per capita
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