O Surname

290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,853,071 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
South Korea

O Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea799,6181:6417
Vietnam714,3731:13022
North Korea331,5661:7614
Japan5,3261:24,0042,552
India7431:1,032,38943,187
Afghanistan5601:57,4161,889
Taiwan3541:66,228691
China1561:8,764,882582
Iran861:892,82042,918
Canada631:584,85148,473
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Northern Ireland441:41,9333,816
Cambodia251:619,4864,539
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Guinea101:1,183,3821,367
Haiti91:1,187,10112,579
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Comoros11:749,524685

O (1,246,755) may also be a first name.

O Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O (Russian: Оь) occurs more in South Korea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of O click here.

How Common Is The Last Name O? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 290th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,933 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of O live; 61 percent live in East Asia and 61 percent live in Koreanic Asia. O is also the 646th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,246,755 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Korea, where it is borne by 799,618 people, or 1 in 64. In South Korea it is primarily found in: Gyeonggi Province, where 23 percent are found, Seoul, where 20 percent are found and Busan, where 7 percent are found. Barring South Korea this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 39 percent are found and North Korea, where 18 percent are found.

O Last Name Statistics demography

The amount O earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $23,039,000 COP per year; in Vietnam they earn 23.14% less than the national average, earning 63,364,900 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 61.61% more than the national average, earning $69,732 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.97% less than the national average, earning $44,732 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ho671,909,912/
Ou671,663,139/
Oo67467,105/
Go67337,643/
Oh6761,094/
Oi6750,480/
Os676,350/
Oy675,942/
Oz675,408/
Ot674,727/
Od673,422/
Oa672,994/
Oj672,361/
Uo671,618/
Op67769/
Ðo6715/
673/
673/
Đo672/
672/
671/
671/
671/
Ȑo671/
Șo671/
Ȿo671/

O Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
O in the Russian language
Оьo-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to O
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